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If Love Is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags) Lyrics
My heart is empty.
Your eyes are dull.
Once we were hungry,
Now we are full.
These stars that bind us,
Can't beat these chains.
If love is shelter,
I'm gonna walk in the rain.
You were my angel.
Now, you are real.
So like a stranger,
Colder than steel.
The morning after,
You know what you bring.
If love is a red dress,
Well, hang me in rags.
Oh well.
There goes the fairy tale.
Lord, ain't it a shame?
In all this comfort,
I can't take the strain.
If we played even,
I'd be your queen.
But someone was cheatin'.
And it wasn't me.
I played it on the table,
You held something back.
If love is Aces,
Give me the Jack.
Your eyes are dull.
Once we were hungry,
Now we are full.
Can't beat these chains.
If love is shelter,
I'm gonna walk in the rain.
Now, you are real.
So like a stranger,
Colder than steel.
The morning after,
You know what you bring.
If love is a red dress,
Well, hang me in rags.
There goes the fairy tale.
Lord, ain't it a shame?
In all this comfort,
I can't take the strain.
I'd be your queen.
But someone was cheatin'.
And it wasn't me.
I played it on the table,
You held something back.
If love is Aces,
Give me the Jack.
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i first heard this song on the pulp fiction soundtrack and have been inlove with it ever since. it's so very cowpunk - eerie with a western vibe and distorted... the lyrics describe love that has turned sour, a broken romance (as said by ocean soul) the entire song is spoken in medaphores, for instance "once we were hungry and now we are full" translates to "i've had enough of this romance but i can't break away" my faveourite line is without a doubt "oh well, there goes my fairy tale, lord aint it a shame in all this compfort i can't take the strain" that line captured the way i felt earlier on this year, and it has haunted me ever since... check out lone justice, it's her band, gotta love it
lost love.
broken, not lost. you have to read between the lines, to cut a long story short by the way: i don't know this song, but these lyrics are brilliant
broken, not lost. you have to read between the lines, to cut a long story short by the way: i don't know this song, but these lyrics are brilliant
this commentary is clever indeed, but it didn't need to be posted twice. sorry
great song. i think the line "you know what you bring" is actually "i know what you'll brag"