Tucker Zimmerman - The Idiot's Maze (Official Lyric Video)

'The Idiot's Maze' is taken from 'Dance Of Love', Tucker Zimmerman's 4AD debut, out now. https://tuckerzimmerman.ffm.to/danceo...

Artwork & illustrations by Zach Burba
Video by Cuan Roche

Lyrics:
dress me up in an automobile
drive me around like a car
take me out to the barbecue pit
smoke me like an old cigar

I’ll take you out to the forest fire
nail you to the moon with the beaks of doves
lay you down with the Camptown Ladies
do da do da Dance of Love

hold me down with a paperweight lifter
roll me over in the clover
paint me black with an undertaker's suit
play me flat on a tuba flute

I’ll ride you high on a horse latitude
pump you up with a breathing tube
pick you up and remind you why
I remind you of a bottlenecktie

poke me a joke in the hole of my shoe
give me a taste of the Jumpin’ Jack juice
swat me a mosquito
cause a rumble in the jungle when you turn him loose

I’ll take you away like a Chinese pizza
take you out to the old ball game
bring you back with a roundhouse punch
teach you how to say my name

shake me like a microphone stand
play me like a marching band
pick me a rose from the left hand of Moses
kick out the jokers and the jams

I’ll dust your broom and cork you a river
milk your cows with a bubble gum machine
brush you down like a strawberry field
decorate your face with cold ice cream

deal me a stack of rubber band pancakes
dig me a tunnel to the center of the brain
take me back to when I started crying
take me to the belly of the hurricane

I’ll medicate you with a dose of clam chowder
stun you with a paradoxical pun
get you in line with the crossroad dream
meditate you with a Dalai Lama hum

hit me with your local anesthetic
tie me down with your licorice whips
spin me around on the tips of your fingers
toss me a kiss from your corn chip lips

I’ll turn you on with a shot of Burma Shave
a sniff of Wildroot and a toke of tumbleweed
I’ll wake you up when they rob the bank
sneak you out the back before they start to bleed

scratch my back with a stained-glass window
teach me the art of the lullaby rhyme
sing me to sleep with a drop of dragon rum
yo ho ho and a bottle of wine

I’ll drop you like a hot shot potato
way down yonder in the purple haze
lift you up until you touch the light
deliver you from the idiot's maze