A laugh with the boys
Ribs getting a poke
A run round the place
She can’t take a joke
He always said
He don’t like short hair
Why the hell would she cut it
She’s puttin on airs
His words she keep saying
do nothin’ but cut
like a serrated scissors
just tear up her gut
A night on the town
A punch in the eye
A belly full of rum
ten or twelve lies
He touches her hand
She pulls it back through
The filthy brown glass
of the Ford ’92
His words she keep saying
do nothin’ but cut
like a serrated scissors
just tear up her gut
“You aint leaving” he screams
through the passenger side
and he pounds on the hood
Till there’s blood on the drive
“I aint scared” she screams back
looking up at the sky
Prays theres a God
to cover her lie.
His words she keep saying
do nothin’ but cut
like a serrated scissors
just tear up her gut
“Please” he is begging
in a quieter tone
“I can’t do it myself
I can’t do it alone.”
Now she is tired
No words left to say,
Sadly she smiles
and just drives away.
And all that he said
did nothing but cut
like a serrated scissors
aimed straight at his gut.
Blood from old wounds
stains Valentine red.
With her hand on his heart
He’ll soon lay down dead.