(Mary Gauthier/Crit Harmon) You're crying cause I'm not crying You're crying while I sit here looking strong You're sad 'cause I don't feel the pain
(Mary Gauthier/Crit Harmon) Davey stole a Christmas tree from K-Mart last night red ribbons and silver bells, angels dressed in white He tied, it to
(Mary Gauthier) I felt the flames on my face When I found the nerve to meet your eyes, so green I stumbled towards your elegance I tumbled, wide awake
(Mary Gauthier/Keri Powers) He's lying on the double bed acting self-assured In his T-shirt ana his underwear he's barely said a word She pours a cup
(Jonathan Pointer) A warm wind blows Across my windowsill tonight Like a ghost, like a ghost Soft and low In this other- worldly light I dream of Rose
(Mary Gauthier) Born a bastard child in New Orleans to a woman I've never seen I don't know if she ever held me All I know is that she let go of me
(Mary Gauthier/Crit Harmon) From the painful rays of daybreak Ripping darkness out your eyes To every kiss with bourbon breath your daddy didn't hide
(Mary Gauthier/Catie Curtis) Mama said she don't give a damn what those people say Cane smoke can't be good for you day after day Every year at harvest
(Mary Gauthier) We lie here and we lie here Awaiting the return Of the passion that has left us With the patience we've learned Sinking in the ashes
dreaming of If there's something missing Or if you're hiding from Someone you long to have known Then you'll walk thru the fire Walk through the fire Walk through the fire
(Mary Gauthier) Under water, under the well Under glass, under a ground swell Chasing bliss, chasing my tail Chasing desire, straight down to hell I