Lyrics

Recent Activity

Following

Cover art for Kid Gloves lyrics by Fountains of Wayne

Fountains of Wayne

Kid Gloves

1 Meaning

Add Yours

Follow

Share

Q&A

Kid Gloves Lyrics

She's wearing kid gloves, will handle me carefully
Cause I've got a history
Cracked up and fragile and bound to break easy

And if she could talk to me what good would it do me?
It's no secret where I've been and I have worn so thin
She can see through me

I don't believe a word of it
Can't come around to her now that I've heard of it
Now that her soft touch is gone
She's got her kid gloves on

Here is what I've found, New York just gets me down
When the going got tough
I got a bus ticket back to my home town

And all the way I dreamed of flesh wrapped in velveteen
And the road wrapped around me, the long lonely highway
Gulped down by a Greyhound

I don't believe a word of it
Can't come around to her now that I've heard of it
Now that her soft touch is gone
She's got her kid gloves on

I don't believe a word of it
Can't come around to her now that I've heard of it
Won't come around cause I'll only get hurt in it
Now that her soft touch is gone
How could she ever go on without her kid gloves on?

Submitted by

xpankfrisst On Jun 05, 2002

Album art

Album art

Album art

Album art

All Kinds Of Time

Album art

She's wearing kid gloves, will handle me carefully
Cause I've got a history
Cracked up and fragile and bound to break easy

And if she could talk to me what good would it do me?
It's no secret where I've been and I have worn so thin
She can see through me

I don't believe a word of it
Can't come around to her now that I've heard of it
Now that her soft touch is gone
She's got her kid gloves on

Here is what I've found, New York just gets me down
When the going got tough
I got a bus ticket back to my home town

And all the way I dreamed of flesh wrapped in velveteen
And the road wrapped around me, the long lonely highway
Gulped down by a Greyhound

I don't believe a word of it
Can't come around to her now that I've heard of it
Now that her soft touch is gone
She's got her kid gloves on

I don't believe a word of it
Can't come around to her now that I've heard of it
Won't come around cause I'll only get hurt in it
Now that her soft touch is gone
How could she ever go on without her kid gloves on?

Lyrics saved successfully! Thanks!

These lyrics are currently locked and can only be edited by moderators and administrators.

You must be logged in to edit lyrics.

Unable to save lyrics. Please try again.

Lyrics cannot contain links.

Lyric edit submitted successfully and is pending approval. Approvals usually take 24 hours.

Keep it true to the song

Fix what’s wrong, but don’t rewrite what the artist wrote. Stick to the official released version — album booklet, label site, verified lyric video, etc. If you’re guessing, pause and double-check.

Respect the structure

Songs have rhythm. Pages do too. Leave line breaks where they belong. Don’t smash things together or add extra empty space just for looks.

Punctuation counts (but vibe-editing doesn’t)

Correct typos? Yes. Re-punctuating a whole verse because it ‘looks better’? Probably not. Keep capitalization and punctuation close to the official source.

Don’t mix versions

If you’re editing the explicit version, keep it explicit. If it’s the clean version, keep it clean. No mashups.

Let the lyrics be lyrics

This isn’t the place for interpretations, memories, stories, or trivia — that’s what comments are for. Keep metadata, translations, and bracketed stage directions out unless they’re officially part of the song.

Edit lightly

If two lines are wrong… fix the two lines. No need to bulldoze the whole page. Think ‘surgical,’ not ‘remix.’

When in doubt, ask the crowd

Not sure what they’re singing in that fuzzy bridge? Drop a question in the comments and let the music nerds swarm. Someone always knows.

xpankfrisst

Submitter

2002-06-05 19:18:23

1 Meaning

Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.

Sort by

Cover art for Kid Gloves lyrics by Fountains of Wayne

by greatscott7

19y ago

About a damaged young kid who just found out that the one person they thought really cared about them only stayed with them because they were messed up inside and she didn't want to hurt them, but finding out hurt them worse then ever.

0

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

Questions and Answers

Ask specific questions and get answers to unlock more indepth meanings & facts.