Tryin' to get her to stay home
was worst than pulling a sword from the stone
I'm sweating bullets in Palos Verdes
Please, don't leave me on my own
I wanted her to be my wife
I wanted her to want that life
It ended the same way it started
Behind the door, holding that knife
While I'm happy, I was wrong and mislead
She took me to your lipstick fire engine red
You were brighter than a neon sea
of signs that say "no vacancy"
The few brave men you've let check in
still brag about the times they've been
Over the limit, drunk on wine
Below the Mason Dixon line
I promised that I'd start to pray
if the police looked the other way
And I didn't go to jail, wind up dead
I prayed each night for your lips fire engine red
They said: "You cannot clear a jump that wide
A stunt like that is suicide"
But when I got the courage to
I spent the night alone with you
I think I'm the luckiest guy
I used to be too numb to cry
I don't know how I timed this right
You're just the prettiest sight
In the movies people change when they bled
Inside my veins your lipstick's fire engine red
I must admit I'm insecure
That's what all those women were for
I don't wanna be who I am
If nobody else gives a damn
We've been together 'bout a year
I can't say that don't bring me fear
I'm scared to come home every night
I'm scared to keep the checkbook tight
Renting movies in your room, in your bed
You kissed my cheek, with lipstick fire engine red
You always wear the same perfume
It reminds you of the hotel room
The one in which I swore I knew
I'd spent the rest (of) my life with you
But I tell you "you should take it off
I don't wanna smell like that stuff"
Sometimes my heart it gets so dark
You sit and watch it fall apart
Run a needle through what's left, tie the thread
Don't let me leave your lipstick fire engine red
What's two people supposed to do
When restlessness gets hold of you
I'm drowning in my drinking cup
I can't, I will not give you up
But if flowers never stay and bloom
I'd do we in a one bed room
We're both victims to our fear
I'll be a man and hold you near
If you leave me, you'll survive in my head
I won't forget your lipstick's fire engine red