Intro: - key change... Verse 1: What a hot and sultry summer The steam just slides up off them streets You got to stay inside and wait for the night And then come on over and see me There's a poetry about these streets It just slips from your skin and goes right underneath And mama always knew I'd meet a girl like you But me I never believed Cuz I've been so lonely I can't imagine that kind of sympathy Cuz I've been so lonely I can't imagine that kind of sympathy Where'd you get them scars? How blue is your heart? Is it sad enough to break? She said "it's sad enough to break" How long was your life? Was it cold and strange like mine? Are you man enough to lay here? She said "I'm man enough my baby come see about me" Interlude: - key change... Verse 2: I had a dream about you once and I could barely see your form And I met you between the wax and the needle In the words of my favorite song Your black hair was like a raven with your tan skin on the beach Your backdrop were the auroras and my sidekick was all this grief I've been so low down I'm almost level with the ground Where'd you get them scars? How blue is your heart? Is it sad enough to break? She said "it's sad enough to break" How long was your life? Was it cold and strange like mine? Are you man enough to lay here? She said "I'm man enough my baby come see about me" Interlude: Bridge: Did they take you to the carnival to get locked up on a ride? Me I got caught up with the fortune tellers And the ladies with the sleepy eyes It took years my baby just to come clean Every streetlight a reminder And all those apologies And the night was lonely next to me Even the night was lonely next to me Where'd you get them scars? How blue is your heart? Is it sad enough to break? She said "it's sad enough to break" How long was your life? Was it cold and strange like mine? Are you man enough to lay here? She said "I'm man enough my baby come see about me Outro: Come see about me ah-ah Come see about me Come see about me Come see about me ah-ah Come see about me ah-ah Whenever you're lonely
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