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Real Tears For Sale Lyrics
Such a pretty girl
The anger didn’t hide it
You shaved your head pulled a face
Dressed yourself up without grace
It didn’t hide a life times damage
It didn’t hide a life times fear
Against your better judgement
You put your whole self up for sale
And the horror show when you where young
We couldn’t wait to hear about it
But even whores
Don't kiss with tongues
Never the less I do believe
You cry real tears
Real tears for sale
Real tears for sale
Real tears for sale
The wrong side of a lifetimes drinking
Is where it seems I’m coming from
I took my demons by the hand
Burnt them and twisted them until
They scanned and rhymed
And I took your help
And all the hurt inside
I laid it out on a market stall
I believe at a knocked down price
Reduced to clear it’s what I cried
The wrong side of a lifetime's wishful thinking
Dragged me here to pills and ale
Come and listen
Come and listen to my tale
Come and get it
Real tears for sale
Real tears for sale
Real tears for sale
All the hurt
All the secrets
All the damage
All the shame
All the dirty absolutions
All the rage
The anger didn’t hide it
You shaved your head pulled a face
Dressed yourself up without grace
It didn’t hide a life times damage
It didn’t hide a life times fear
Against your better judgement
You put your whole self up for sale
And the horror show when you where young
We couldn’t wait to hear about it
But even whores
Don't kiss with tongues
Never the less I do believe
You cry real tears
Real tears for sale
Real tears for sale
The wrong side of a lifetimes drinking
Is where it seems I’m coming from
I took my demons by the hand
Burnt them and twisted them until
They scanned and rhymed
And all the hurt inside
I laid it out on a market stall
I believe at a knocked down price
Reduced to clear it’s what I cried
The wrong side of a lifetime's wishful thinking
Dragged me here to pills and ale
Come and listen
Come and listen to my tale
Real tears for sale
Real tears for sale
All the secrets
All the damage
All the shame
All the dirty absolutions
All the rage
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Love that last section.
Saw them perform this the other night. It's apparently written in response to Sinead O'conner's 'nothing compares to you' pop video.
Which makes sense of the 'shaved your head' line.
Incidentally I think Sinead's song was written after break-up with Anthony Keidis and he wrote 'could have lied' about her, but I can't remember where I heard that.
In "Tumbling Down the Years" gig (2010) Hogarth said something about Britney Spears, couldn't quite catch it all. Seems legit though.