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Painting the Town Blue Lyrics
Bartenders eyes are full of pity
as he tells her "your alone and its 2:30
all the chairs are on the table and it's time to close!"
she said "a minute ago they were starin at me where the hell did they go?" and
she went out to paint the town
roses are red
violence is too
everyone knows
I'm painting the town blue
"you look funny when you cry"
were his last words
before he laughed and said goodby
she flipped a finger
and so she picked her shoes up
picked up her feet
& let em walk hand in hand
down the dirty hallway
then she went out to paint the town
roses are red
violence is too
everyone knows I'm painting the town blue
was she beat did she suffer
from a working hand
she always hated his hacking cough
early in the morning
she walked to the greyhound
to take a little ride
he could look in the corner of every town
but he won't find her
cause she went out to paint the town
roses are red
violence is too
everyone knows I'm painting the town blue
as he tells her "your alone and its 2:30
all the chairs are on the table and it's time to close!"
she said "a minute ago they were starin at me where the hell did they go?" and
she went out to paint the town
violence is too
everyone knows
I'm painting the town blue
were his last words
before he laughed and said goodby
she flipped a finger
and so she picked her shoes up
picked up her feet
& let em walk hand in hand
down the dirty hallway
then she went out to paint the town
violence is too
everyone knows I'm painting the town blue
from a working hand
she always hated his hacking cough
early in the morning
she walked to the greyhound
to take a little ride
he could look in the corner of every town
but he won't find her
cause she went out to paint the town
violence is too
everyone knows I'm painting the town blue
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Can't believe no one has commented on this yet.
I love the big booming sound of the guitar and the fast shuffling beat of the drum...but the Bukowski-esque lyrics are what make this song so great.
Now for the meaning...is it about one boozy girl with relationship problems? Or is each verse about a different girl? I think that it is about one girl that is trying to get out of her unhappy relationship/life.