although not written expressly for the afforementioned debate, it fits the mood
lyrics
she wears her lies like lipstick
making everything that she says shine.
she's all dressed up like an old trick.
why spend dollars when she goes for dimes?
betty's on a roll, she's got nowhere left to go
and her car ran out of gas miles back.
it's lonely in the cold, but i heard she went and sold
her sweater for a heart attack.
she wears...
had a funny feeling in my mind that she'd been stealing
so i left a dollar in a stack.
didn't have to count the pennies. by tonight there weren't any
and i found her lying on her back.
she...
credits
from a postcard from pa,
released March 11, 2010
eric hess-upright bass, david perry-drums, jerome wincek-everything else
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