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In the Kitchen Cabinet

from That Dial (EP) by Stephen Wulff

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lyrics

VERSE:
I had not been home
To my parent’s home
For six long years
Until the UFO let me go

I knocked on the front door
Of my childhood home
Mom opened up
Said, “You have chores and here’s a broom”

PRE-CHORUS:
The wrinkles on her face
Shined through
Despite the Botox injections
That she used to get
As causally as buying a loaf of bread

I started sweeping the kitchen
Then opened the kitchen cabinet
And noticed that there were no Lucky Charms,
Cap’n Crunch, or Count Chocula

CHORUS:
You know your parents are getting old
Based on the cereal that they store
In the kitchen cabinet
In the kitchen cabinet

VERSE:
I walked into the living room
Dad was seated at his armchair
Staring into outer space
As if I were still there

PRE-CHORUS:
I asked Dad why
There’s a World War III army supply
Of oatmeal, All-Bran, and Cream of Wheat
Stored inside the kitchen cabinet

He told me that the doctor ordered them
To eat more fibery foods
To lower their cholesterol
And reduce the risk of heart disease

CHORUS:
You know your parents are getting old
Based on the cereal that they store
In the kitchen cabinet
In the kitchen cabinet

BRIDGE:
Watching them grow old
Reminds me of my own mortality

If that spaceship were still here
My Martian friends could show us the Holy Grail
The Holy Grail

CHORUS:
You know your parents are getting old
Based on the cereal that they store
In the kitchen cabinet
In the kitchen cabinet

TAG:
In the kitchen cabinet
In the kitchen cabinet

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from That Dial (EP), released August 13, 2015

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Stephen Wulff Chicago, Illinois

With a background in creative writing and comedy training from The Second City, I am a singer/songwriter from Chicago who writes concept-driven pop-rock songs with quirky lyrics, blending sincerity and absurdist humor with tongue and cheek irreverence.

INFLUENCES: Magnetic Fields, Jens Lekman, Pavement, Wilco, The Smiths, The Cure, Flaming Lips, Smoking Popes, Big Star, XTC, Motown, 60s rock. ... more

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