Fire Engine Red

Intro: 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