Jonathan Coulton - Creepy Doll Ukulele

(no chords in first verse)




In a town in the woods at the top of a hill


There's a house where no one lives


So you take a big bag of your big city money there.. and buy it


Then at night when the house is dark


And you're all alone there's a noise upstairs


At the top of the stairs there's a door so you take a deep breath and try it




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And the flashlight shows you something moving just inside the door


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There's a tattered dress and a feeling you have felt somewhere before....




[ chorus ]




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 And there's a creepy doll,  That always follows you


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 It's got a ruined eye,      That's al-ways.. o-pen


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 And there's a creepy doll,  That always follows you


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 It's got a pretty mouth,    To swallow.. you whole




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 So you scream and you close the door


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And you tell yourself it was just a dream


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 In the morning you head into town cause you want to go.. antiquing


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 In the store there's a strange old man


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With a wandering eye and a withered hand


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 When he hands you the old wooden box you can hear his old bones creaking




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And you know what you will find inside the moment that you see


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That someone carved your name into the tarnished silver key




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And when you come home late the doll is waiting up for you


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And when you fix a snack the doll says it would like one too


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The doll is in your house and in your room and in your bed


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The doll is in your eyes and in your arms and in your head and you are crazy




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 Now it's late and you head downstairs


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Cause you just can't sleep so you make some tea


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 And the doll disapprovingly asks if you really need that much honey


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 You decide that you've had enough


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And you lock the doll in the wooden box


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 You put the box in the fireplace next to your bag of big city money


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As the smoke fills up your tiny room there's nothing you can do


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And far too late you see the one inside the box is you




[ repeat chorus ]