Cheap Chipped Black Nails Lyrics

Now that you're back in town
You look around at everything
Well, it could be anywhere on earthTryin' to count your change
Inside the Asian store
But you can't figure what it's worthAnd she stands there like a specter
On the corner of the street
And you know you can't expect her
To be subtle or discreet, no, no, no andHer cheap chipped black nails
Scratch the surface off a future
That just left you in the pastHer cheap chipped black nails
Pick the threads out of a suture
That was holdin' your life fastHer cheap chipped black nails
Her cheap chipped black nailsShe's got the bulldog tamed
Docile and subservient
And now it doesn't make a fussShe runs with these sparky kids
Who talk into their mobile phones
Well, there must be so much to discussAnd you remember where you came from
But you don't know where it's gone

And you cannot find a name on
The street where you came from, no, no, no andHer cheap chipped black nails
Show a wanton skill on the game tables
The pinball and the poolHer cheap chipped black nails
Scratch the surface off an England
That has made her hard and cruelHer cheap chipped black nailsAnd you remember where you came from
But you don't recognize, don't recognize it now
And you can't expect her mercy
Well, that much she won't allow, no, no, no andHer cheap chipped black nails
Scratch the surface off a future
That just left you, left you in the pastHer cheap chipped black nails
Pick the threads out of a suture
That was holdin' your life fastHer cheap chipped black nails
Her cheap chipped black nails