showed her past my playing cards
laid it down and I pick it up to see

what am i made of

what am I made of

water, guts, and blood

and she looks just like my mother
when my mother was a swinger
and she laughs just like a young John Wayne

and she'd smell just like vanilla
if vanilla weren't so sweet

'cause she's salt and starch and everything harsh
and I think I'm falling with her

and that's what I'm made of
oh so now that I'm in love

sinking in your bathtub
and I know I'm not coming up

flashing in your snagteeth
a vision of my day with you

what am i made of

what am I made of

water, guts, and blood

and she looks just like my mother
when my mother was a swinger
and she laughs just like a young John Wayne

and she'd smell just like vanilla
if vanilla weren't so sweet

'cause she's salt and starch and everything harsh
and I think I'm falling with her

and that's what I'm made of

oh so now that I'm in love

there's a reason why you live