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New Year's Retribution

by The Good Life

on Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina Relief (2005)

1994
A girl pukes out the window on her car door
Her childish eyes say, I dont want this anymore
I want to be a woman, no, no, see, I dont want to be no whore

January 1, 1994
A new years resolution
A cause for celebration
But idle hesitation reminds me I am just a whore

Hate to tell her that I saw them standing closely in the cellar
It all ticked off, its twelve oclock, the screams wouldnt stop
The New Year dawn got tucked away into a hole
So could you tell her, tell her that Im all alone?

This New Year came too soon
But I knew it would be you
To tear up all my thoughts
Of how I thought it was

Say goodbye
If youre leaving me, could you at least let me know?
Say goodbye
If you want to leave, then I suggest you go

Lets smoke cigarettes
But we havent got a thing that we can light them with
Well just wait here for a fight then we can bum a light
Youre the only ones who really give a shit tonight
It reminds me how nothing ever turns out right

And all I want is you
All you want is something new
So lets turn out all the lights
And pretend were someone else tonight