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Words
Verse 1
Otis has a tooth that's hanging on by nothing
It has been that way since roughly March
He will not let us near it with a tissue
He will not let it go, and it won't fall
He turns it with his tongue at every meal
Like a man checking the same watch all day
Pre-Chorus
It's your birthday and I've written you a waltz
About a tooth. I'm sorry. You'll be famous
Chorus
One, two, three — the loose tooth waltz
Hold your jaw and turn around the room
One day soon it's going to be a pound coin
Under a pillow. But tonight it's still a tooth
Verse 2
Nine years old and stubborn as a gatepost
You negotiate like someone with a lawyer
Last week you told your mother, with a straight face
That bedtime was, and I quote, a suggestion
You are the funniest person in this family
And I am including your grandfather in that
Chorus
One, two, three — the loose tooth waltz
Hold your jaw and turn around the room
One day soon it's going to be a pound coin
Under a pillow. But tonight it's still a tooth
Bridge
It'll come out when you're not thinking about it
On an apple, on a Wednesday, mid-sentence
And you'll be so annoyed you weren't ready
And we will laugh about it for thirty years
Outro
Happy birthday, Otis
One, two, three
Don't touch it
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