She homed with thieves,
Kicked up dirty leaves,
She was a maniac,
No one’s heart attack.
She got around,
Slept on the bad side of town,
She was cooler than you,
Way cooler than me.
She was true,
All blinded and bruised,
She didn’t give a fuck,
No she had given up.
She was alive,
She was caught on fire,
She was everything
She was all of this
She opened up and laid it all right there
She said, «No I don’t mind, no, no i don’t care»
I’ll help you shovel out my shallow hole
And I know i know they’re threatening
But at least we’re not the ones carrying
Such heavy, heavy, heavy stoning stones
And yeah I know they’ll get you down
They’ll do you in and they’ll drag it out
‘Cause me and you, we are one of a kind
She liked to lose
Never wore sunday shoes
She found his luck in wells
And corner stores and jails
She was crazy
A downtown kind of baby
Always dangerous,
She got me down on my knees
She made it rain
She called the wind and then it came
Oh with the wave of his hand
She brought the sunshine right in
She was the sky
Beyond steeple and the choir
Oh, the preacher’s amen
This hallelujah child
She opened up and laid it all right there
She said, «No I don’t mind, no no, I don’t care
I’ll help you shovel out my shallow hole
And I know, I know they are threatening
But at least we’re not the ones carrying
Such heavy, heavy, heavy stoning stones
So when your bones are broke and you’re all alone
And the fog’s so thick you can’t see up close
Just know that i will end up strangled too
And when the floods they come all rushing in
And the boat is full and you can’t get in
Oh, it’s okay if you don’t want to swim
And when you’re swallowed up, oh, don’t you cry
Just give right in, don’t try to fight
’cause baby i wouldn’t pay no mind there’s nothing you can do
They’ll have you coughing up your colors
They’ll have you coughing up your colors
She sang the blues
Out of time and out of tune
Spoke no silver spoon
Only simple truths.
She was a friend,
stabbed backs and broke plans
she would give you her coat
or put nails through her hand.
She was wise,
Full of magic and life
Oh you could see it in her eyes,
Oh yeah i saw it in her eyes
She was more than this
Oh way more than this
She was everything
She was all of this.