The Match and the Lyme (Extended 2)

Verse 1

Walking through the brambles

Behind the garden shed

Watch for copperheads

Moving under pine straw

Stained jeans and old boots

Pre-Chorus

Sun beating on my collar

Sweat dripping down my neck

I saw something crawl

Chorus

Drop your shorts

I see a tick on your leg

Hold still now darling

Or you're gonna feel it spread

Don't move a muscle

Don't you turn your head

Drop your shorts

I see a tick on your leg

Verse 2

Hold that heavy lantern

Steady with your hand

He's buried deep

Need some warm salt

Tug him by the teeth

Careful with the skin

Pre-Chorus

Shadows stretching on the timber

Valley growing dark and gray

We gotta get him out

Chorus

Drop your shorts

I see a tick on your leg

Hold still now darling

Or you're gonna feel it spread

Don't move a muscle

Don't you turn your head

Drop your shorts

I see a tick on your leg

Bridge

Burn a match till it's red

Better safe than being sick

He's a stubborn little devil

Ducking down in the thick

Chorus

Drop your shorts

I see a tick on your leg

Hold still now darling

Or you're gonna feel it spread

Don't move a muscle

Don't you turn your head

Drop your shorts

I see a tick on your leg

Guitar Solo

Verse 3

Got the tweezers from the cabinet

Alcohol and some gauze

Pulling back the denim

Living by the country laws

Woodline’s full of biters

Hiding in the tall green blades

Checking every inch now

Underneath the summer shades

Pre-Chorus

Moonlight hitting on the porch swing

Cicadas starting up a hum

Yeah I found another one

Chorus

Drop your shorts

I see a tick on your leg

Hold still now darling

Or you’re gonna feel it spread

Don't move a muscle

Don't you turn your head

Drop your shorts

I see a tick on your leg

Bridge 2

It's just the price of walking

Where the deer and rabbit run

Taking care of business

Before the day is done

The creek is running shallow

And the clover’s waist high

You gotta keep a sharp eye

Underneath the open sky

Chorus

Drop your shorts

I see a tick on your leg

Hold still now darling

Or you’re gonna feel it spread

Don't move a muscle

Don't you turn your head

Drop your shorts

I see a tick on your leg

Verse 4

Put a dab of iodine

Right where he hitched a ride

Cleaned you up real proper

Keep your dignity and pride

The screen door is a-creaking

The jars are on the shelf

I’ll check you over once more

Better do it for yourself

Pre-Chorus

Owl is hooting in the distance

Fireflies blink in the air

I found one in your hair

Chorus

Drop your shorts

I see a tick on your leg

Hold still now darling

Or you’re gonna feel it spread

Don't move a muscle

Don't you turn your head

Drop your shorts

I see a tick on your leg

Outro

Check your socks

Check your back

Check the ankles

Keep it on the track

Yeah hold real still

I got him

I got him now

Just a little bite

Nothing to fret about

Nothing to fret

Keep walking through the pines

Keep walking

I see another one

I see another one

Instrumental Outro

Fade out