red hair and war paint

She was a barely there eccentric
In a modern-day romance
with a neurotic compulsive
[with a sociopathic streak (yet self-loathing complex)]

Her friends think he's romantic
her sweater hides the bruises
And she knows this fortune cookie paper is made
from endangered trees
but still puts her money in the lottery
'cause someone's got to win it
and By God it might as well be me

And 31.4 million's gonna buy alot of little bullets
for that pretty silver pistol
and put that big baby in his place
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From across this empty crowd
I watch her (in all her faded grace)
slowly twist her long red hair
into tiny crimson braids
tunes her J-40
say's she's just letting off steam
but even a man as blind as me can see
she's slowly drifting away

She says "I'm meant for more
than these empty days"
said "I'm gonna save this world
some day and
If love is wishful thinking
then it's love that's in the way"

THE NATURE OF THE BEAST IS A KICK IN THE TEETH

Said "the nature of the beast
is a kick in the teeth"
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She said " this country is drowning
in a warm. thick viscous fluid"
She's standing on the balcony (wings spread)

"flying is easy, if you don't mind the fall"
"and Complacency will be the death of us all"

She takes to the air,
She flies,
leaving on a walkaway
just hoping to find
some where she's Still alive

And Romeo is Bleeding, But this Angel has an Alibi
"cause, there ain't a damn man gonna hit me twice"
No, Ain't a damn man that Ever hit Her twice