Palmyra

Song Palmyra
Artist Jolie Holland
Album The Living and The Dead

Lyrics

Only a few old petals left
On the rose that touched your hand
My little heart is a graveyard
It's a no man's land
You could tell
I didn't care, you kept pushing till
I didWoke up in a pit of despair on your bed
And I wondered how
I could do without you
How absurd, how absurd, how absurd
Put my lipstick back on, look myself in the eye
I'm heading out in the cold hard world
And I'm getting very good at saying my goodbyes
My goodbyes, my goodbyes
My goodbyes, my goodbyes
Can you read the inscription?
It seems to once have said
He better take me with him
When he goes
I'm good as dead
Put some roses on the stones, look your friends in the eye
If nothing else we've got that old sucking line
And I'll dance at your funeral if you dance at mine
You dance at mine, you dance at mine
You dance at mine, you dance at mine
They took it all and
I don't care, already said my farewell
Sweet Palmyra and her uncle's [Incomprehensible]
Have to hit that long road that passes straight through hell
Straight through hell, straight through hell
I wish you well sweet
PalmyraI wish you well sweet
PalmyraI wish you well sweet
Palmyra