The Lonelyhearts
New Virginia
A Chicago needle took her in the summerI pawned our shit and caught a bus out westI got off the Greyhound in a corn and cattle townBecause the name recalled my mother's place of restIt seemed like a haven for clean Christian maidensWho'll love a man despite the holes he's madeBut the scourge arrived a decade before I didProvided by the trailer paradeNew Virginia, IowaVirgin land apart from who I wasNew Virginia, IowaPoisoned boys do as poison doesCornfields can't quite cover the bodies of our loversSinging from the Cook County morgueI managed to bandage my memory of the damage With the sheets of the clerk from the store next doorShe had left the church when her cursing father left her in the lurchShe told me sleep is for the oldI met her friends tending bar when harvest endedSo wide awake I couldn't feel the coldNew Virginia, IowaLetras de cancionesVirgin land apart from who I wasNew Virginia, IowaPoisoned boys do as poison doesFor our sins, we've got modern bathtub ginIt's a long night, a long night to goAnd I know in the shack on Felton's curveI'll get, I'll get what I deserveLord, steady my nervesThe lives we've led are never really deadNor the psalms that set the bombs off in our headsBy the time I'm clean this prairie will mean nothing to meI'll curse another place insteadWhoa, it's a long night, a long night to go
From Letras Mania