Lyric

I found a house made of gumdrop stone

Porch all crooked, with a sugarbone

The mailbox grinned with a broken tooth

And the yard hung low with a sticky truth

I knocked twice, then I heard a tune

From a cracked teacup in the moon

The door stood tall in a licorice frame

And it knew my name

Don’t ask me how I knew

That velvet grin meant trouble too

The air got sweet, then mean

Like a pie with a razor seam

The candy door swings slow

The candy door swings slow

It lets me in, then it lets me know

You don’t leave quick where the sweet things go

The candy door swings slow

The candy door swings slow

Oh, let it go

Let it go

You pay in kisses or you pay in gold

In the hall, there was marmalade lace

And a clock with a thief’s face

A little fox in a velvet vest

Said, “Darlin’, don’t stand there and confess”

He handed me a peppermint key

Said, “Open it gentle, baby, carefully”

But every room had a grin too wide

And a whispered prize inside

So I laughed like I wasn’t scared

Like my red shoes didn’t care

But the floorboards sang my name

And the sugar burned the same

The candy door swings slow

The candy door swings slow

It lets me in, then it lets me know

You don’t leave quick where the sweet things go

The candy door swings slow

The candy door swings slow

Swing it low

Swing it low

You pay in kisses or you pay in gold

Clarinet cried in a blue-black stair

Muted trumpet said, “Baby, beware”

I saw my reflection in the jam-dark glass

Smiling like trouble with a painted past

So I turned my heel in a hush of sound

Let the whole sweet kingdom spin me round

If the door wants me, let it wait

I know a trick for every plate

The candy door swings slow

The candy door swings slow

It keeps its secrets soft and low

But I know the tune when the sugar flows

The candy door swings slow

The candy door swings slow

Yeah, slow

Swing slow

I leave one laugh and I take my glow