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Tom Swifty

A Tom Swifty (or Tom Swiftie) is a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is attributed. Tom Swifties may be considered a type of wellerism. The standard syntax is for the quoted sentence to be first, followed by the description of the act of speaking. The hypothetical speaker is usually, by convention, called "Tom" (or "he" or "she"). more »

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Her daddy raised her, till that word became its homonym 
She should have a champion belt the way she fought with men 
Keeps her outside pretty polished while she rots within 
Smoke plenty trees, but she ain't down with chopping them 
A green girl, trying to make the world last 
I swear the sun winked at her as we hurled past 
World-class words fall bluntly from her mouth like she purled that 
Scars tell a dark story traced across this girl's back 
She's goin far from home with tales of astronauts and throwing stars 
Broken bars around her heart and now she's prone to start shit 
Focused all of her attention on the market 
Now she makes her living keeping books straight for the art department 
Take time, it was written waist high on the ceiling 
Of her mind, but she didn't listen--life's unkind 
Now she hides herself in her room just to unwind 
Smoke in the air, curtains drawn against the sunshine 

She's a queen getting schemed on by pawns and rooks 
Who judge her story by the picture on the book 
Like light, she's a fixture at the coffee nook 
Sketchin portraits of the hipsters, cops, and crooks 
I stopped to look, not knowing I was rubber-necking 
Didn't see the train wreck yet, but I was checkin 
If she had a second to listen to the words that I was spitting 
I was smitten and she had me in a headspin 
So we broke bread with coke-heads known to tote lead 
While they promote dread, she spoke of hope instead 
Poured liquor to toast dead friends with eyes the most red, then 
She'd tilt her head back to drink while her nose bled 
Her close friends and foes will sure spread more 
Stories than a wrecking ball, yo, what are friends for 
She got caught, but the trap never broke her 
Even though now I pour out liquor to toast her

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