A Heady Tale

Album: Here We Stand (2008)
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  • Pull me up a chair
    And keep your money
    There's no guarantees
    Won't you please forgive me?
    But you know cold-blooded women make me sneeze
    And I'll kick you out the door
    If for just one minute you lie
    They'll come crashing through the wall
    And leave you crawling 'til the minute you die

    Won't you sell a drink or three
    And maybe we'll think clearer for a while
    You may be an embarassment
    But I love the way your clothes are never in style
    If this much is too easy
    I'm dying to be some kind of whore
    Well you swear that you're original, I know
    But I know I've seen those jealous eyes before

    So steal a watch right off my wrist
    Oh and shake me by the hand
    We could disappear for days
    And they wouldn't understand
    Gypsy blood will get you far
    And we will not miss you when you go

    Tear another whole in my brown shoes
    And we can all sleep for a while
    Well I told you once before
    I love your braces and your hesitant smile
    Please don't get me wrong
    It's only right that you can stamp on my heart
    Well I see you and your friends someplace
    You know I just can't tell you apart

    And though they'll hunt you like a dog
    But they won't take you alive
    Cause your made big piles of money
    Stacked up twenty storeys high
    Well the boys in every bar
    They will not miss you when you go

    So steal the watch right off my wrist
    Oh and shake me by the hand
    We could disappear for days
    And they wouldn't understand
    Gypsy blood will get you far
    Though it's far away from me
    Look me up when you get home

    Well they'll hunt you like a dog
    But they won't take you alive
    Cause you made big piles of money
    Twenty storeys high
    The boys in every bar
    Well they'll miss you when you're gone
    You can tell a Heady Tale
    Will you both please scream along?
    Lala
    Lala
    Lala... Writer/s: JOHN LAWLER
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Amy from Liverpool, United Kingdomthis song is just indescribably brilliant. its one of my favorites
  • Chanel from Somewhere, WaThis song is just... amazing.
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