Rosie Thomas

Charlotte

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Charlotte you're not getting any younger
Look at how much you've changed
Charlotte you used to be much happier
But it's not you that's to blame
Charlotte you let him push you round
And you're falling apart at the seams
One day he'll get just what he deserves
And you can be yourself once again

I heard the two of you yelling last night
Him threatening you once again
I heard the gun shattering out from your house
I saw him dead on the chair
Charlotte go now and drive far from this town
And I'll tell the cops everything

How I saw him stumbling late in the night
And take his own life recklessly

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miss_misery On Oct 30, 2005

Farewell

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Pretty Dress

Since You've Been Around

Much Farther to Go

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2005-10-30 04:02:59

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by crazycnote99

19y ago

I am a huge Rosie Thomas fan (since the first time I heard Pretty Dress). I feel that Charlotte is a simple, somber song, but pretty...and i like the lyrics. But the two don't seem to go together. The song is more story-like than her other songs, as there is an obvious plot - a start and a finish - and the storyline comes across clearly even after hearing the song for the first time. And the story is horrific - a woman is abused so badly by her husband that she shoots him in a rage, and her neighbor helps her cover it up by blaming it on suicide. It doesn't seem to match the background or Rosie's vocal dynamics, and there doesn't seem to be enough emotion in what she's explaining. I also don't see the relevance of the song - what is she trying to tell us? I don't see that there is anything outside of a pure "desperate housewives" type storyline. Can anyone help me out?

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by jowy

19y ago

i just think that this song is simply about a women that gets abused by her husband and getting a second chance..?

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