Teeth

Another molar creeping in Seventeen dead in the gum line Bite your lip and smile through the pain Nervous laughter at a garden party Take a beating in the royal city I remember toothache, please forgive me The cost of living The price of freedom White fang Black tie Blood bag Canine Ca-ten Ca-eleven There's wisdom rooted in a velvet tongue And a crown fashioned from a jawbone The white wall, the whitewashed wall, the whiteness of the whitest whitewashed wall