I've got some walls around me, too
But they're not much compared to your house
Fifty feet high, with barbed wire
Guards on the top, aiming rifles at your lovers one by one
And friends, too
I've come with hands above my head
I'm damned if I'll try to break your door down
If you ever come out just call me
I'll still be armed with the memory of one evening when you smiled
At something
Sadness spreads like a black stain
But I know by now that's not all there is
There's a blue flame inside of you so beautiful and rare
And love's not something you decide to do
You'd be so hard to love if love was not just there
You tell me women get you down
And as for men, they're all bastards
I wonder what world you call home
And I wish I could learn their language just enough to make you laugh
Just one time
Yes, it was nice to see you, too
Although I'm never sure you mean it
I pick up the tab and you won't thank me
Not that I mind, but in my dreams it's all so different - we even kiss
Imagine this
Bitterness is a black hole
But you know by now you got more to give
There's a blue flame inside of you so beautiful and rare
And love's not something you decide to do
You'd be so hard to love if love was not just there
Impossible to love if love was not for some strange reason theretryin' hard to be a happy woman
but sometimes life just overcomes me
everyday I'm workin' just to pay my dues
lay down at night, my mind is so confused
goin' down south with the New York City blues
gotta hit the road before I blow a fuse
I might buy me a Cadillac or a Chevrolet
I don't care what model as long as it takes me away
I've been hiding my heart in a trunk
can you come see me when my ship has sunk
you can give me lovin, that I can't refuse
and love is the one thing that's sure to cure my blues
goin' down the road with a heavy heart
tryin' to find lightness in the dark
tryin' to live my life, tryin' to get satisfied
my mind is in the city but my heart is in the countryside
tryin' hard to be a happy woman
but sometimes life just overcomes me
everyday I'm workin' just to pay my dues
lay down at night, my mind is so confused
lay down at night, my mind is so confused