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Cover of Grandma Said a Pinch, I Said How Big

Track 11 of the album Everyone Gets a Trophy · 2019

Grandma Said a Pinch, I Said How Big

by Safety Pin Saints

“A pinch of what, Grandma? We never got the exact recipe but we got the feeling.”

pop punk · pop punk · family punk · 2:24

Lyrics

Grandma has a recipe card
Written in a shaky hand
Add a pinch of this and that
I do not understand

How big is a pinch, I ask
She just laughs and shakes her head
Stir it slow and taste it, kid
That's all she ever said

Flour on my shoes
Sauce on my shirt
I'm burning something
But it doesn't hurt

Grandma said a pinch, I said how big
She said use your heart, and I said okay
Grandma said a pinch, I said how big
Now the whole house smells like Sunday
Oh oh oh, she's laughing at me
Oh oh oh, it's almost right

The kitchen is a total mess
The smoke alarm is singing
Grandma hums along with it
And the whole street's ringing

Flour on my shoes
Sauce on my shirt
I'm burning something
But it doesn't hurt

Grandma said a pinch, I said how big
She said use your heart, and I said okay
Grandma said a pinch, I said how big
Now the whole house smells like Sunday
Oh oh oh, she's laughing at me
Oh oh oh, it's almost right

Taste it, she says
And I do
It's not her sauce
But it's close, it's true

Grandma said a pinch, I said how big
She said use your heart, and I said okay
Grandma said a pinch, I said how big
Now the whole house smells like Sunday
Oh oh oh, she's laughing at me
Oh oh oh, it's almost right

A pinch, a pinch, a little bit more