Tanya Donelly

Vanilla

Tanya Donelly


She strolled into my backyard
Drinking wine from a dixie cup
Like you would 

Showed her past my playing cards
Laid it down and I pick it up to see 

What am i made of 
What am I made of 
Water, guts, and blood 

And she looks just like my mother
When my mother was a swinger 
And she laughs just like a young John Wayne 

And she'd smell just like vanilla
If vanilla weren't so sweet 

'Cause she's salt and starch and everything harsh
And I think I'm falling with her 

And that's what I'm made of
Oh so now that I'm in love 

Sinking in your bathtub
And I know I'm not coming up 

Flashing in your snagteeth
A vision of my day with you 

What am i made of 
What am I made of 
Water, guts, and blood 

And she looks just like my mother
When my mother was a swinger
And she laughs just like a young John Wayne 

And she'd smell just like vanilla
If vanilla weren't so sweet 

'Cause she's salt and starch and everything harsh
And I think I'm falling with her 

And that's what I'm made of 
Oh so now that I'm in love 

There's a reason why you live 
There's a reason why you live