Back of a Truck
Regina Spektor Lyrics

She lifted the monument in her monumental arms
She held something heavy and important with ease.

She was the Mother Superior with her carry-on luggage charms
She seemed like a leader and had persuasive abilities.

She was this androgynous powder nosed girl next door
She was a person who lived nearby, but also had some unconventional traits.

She had eaten her dog and she was back for more
She had done something outrageous before and wanted to repeat it.

Back for more, back for more Oh she was back for more, some more, yes please, some more
She was eager to do something more and was asking for it.

Her gym teacher thought himself a sweat-socked demi-god
Her gym teacher had a big ego and thought he was special.

And her geraniums thought themselves an alien pod
Her flowers seemed unusual and out of place.

And her front porch gave way beneath the classified weight
Her house's porch broke because of too much weight.

And when an ambulance came they said it's much too late Oh it's much too late, oh it's much too, much too late Oh it's much too late, how late? Very late, too late.
When the ambulance arrived, it was already too late to do anything. Their actions were too late and the situation was hopeless.

Now the people of New Guinea and the people of L.A. Have been penpals for years cause they both hate ballet Only the pandas and bears have made a clean get away But the news bulletin claims it is gonna be okay
Two different groups of people from far away hate the same thing; only the animals are safe from the situation. Yet, the situation is described as if it will be okay.

Now Miss Lucy had a sweat shop where the immigrants work Problem was they all turned to pumpkins at the 12 o'clock stroke Promptly confiscated by police precinct number X That was when alien geraniums entered into a fight No violence, of course, no violence, no violence, of course Hey no violence, of course, of course, why yes, of course I mean, I mean, of course, why yes, of…of course
An employer ran a factory, but there was a strange and unexplainable occurrence that caused the workers to transform into pumpkins. A fight happened at the police station but it was described as being non-violent.

Here the story gets hazy and the hair gets too long And the T.V. gets quiet as I hear a real bad song The mothers get whiskey and the girlfriends get tongue And there's a back of a truck selling smoke free lungs
The situation is becoming unclear and strange. The TV show has ended with a bad song. The mothers are drinking and the girlfriends are talking. There is a truck that sells lungs.

And there's a back of a truck selling alien pods And there's a back of a truck selling game show hosts And there's a back of a truck selling the souls of the dead And there's a back of a truck selling crumb free bread This is New York!
There are many different strange things being sold from the back of the trucks. The situation is taking place in New York.

Now there's a back of a truck selling the back of a car And there's a back of a car selling road way maps And there are road way maps selling a back of a head Hey how much for that back of a head, man? Hey wait a minute, hey wait a minute Wait a minute that's…wait a minute that's my back of a head Hey you can't sell that, man, that's my back of a head Hey, hey sell it back to me, man, sell it back to me Hey it's, it's my m-m-m-m-m-m-mine
Things are being sold, and then re-sold in a strange way. The singer becomes upset because something they own was sold without their permission.

She had eaten her dog, D-O-W-G She had eaten a dog, d-d-dog, d-d-dog, dog, dog, dog She had eaten a…eaten a…eaten…eaten her…ooooh Mmmmmm…mmmm…mmm Ohhhh…ohhh….ohhhh Ooooh….ooooooh…ooooh Some more, yes please, some more Some more, yes please, some more
The singer says repeatedly that the girl ate a dog. They eventually resort to making odd sounds and exclamations while asking for more.