[Verse 1]
I wear flour like a crown
Sweet smile, apron down
Morning bread, warm and neat
I bow polite on my street
I knead dough with careful hands
Count my cuts and make my plans
Everybody trusts my face
Never sees the hidden place
[Pre-Chorus]
Shh, hear the oven sing
I’m already gone by spring
Sugar on the blade
Pretty lies get made
[Chorus]
Sugar knife, sugar knife
Smiling through the life
Sugar knife, sugar knife
Nobody knows tonight
Sweet little grin
Dark thing within
Sugar knife, sugar knife
I hide it in my life
[Verse 2]
Pay the till, say have a good day
Leave a little trail of gray
Jam on fingers, jam on cheek
I look so soft, I look so weak
But under the moonbeam glaze
I move through the alley maze
White coat, red heart
Two lives, one cart
[Pre-Chorus]
Shh, hear the oven sing
I’m already gone by spring
Sugar on the blade
Pretty lies get made
[Chorus]
Sugar knife, sugar knife
Smiling through the life
Sugar knife, sugar knife
Nobody knows tonight
Sweet little grin
Dark thing within
Sugar knife, sugar knife
I hide it in my life
[Bridge]
I dust the counters clean
Wash the thought between
If you ask me who I am
I’ll say bread, I’ll say jam
[Chorus]
Sugar knife, sugar knife
Smiling through the life
Sugar knife, sugar knife
Nobody knows tonight
Sweet little grin
Dark thing within
Sugar knife, sugar knife
I hide it in my life