Gunned Down Horses - Turtle Doves |
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Turtle Doves
Gunned Down Horses Her mother said she's not allowed to put his fingers in her mouth, but she did. She was unhappy twenty years, he dried her spit and drained her tears, he promised he'll never leave And when he said "I love you girl" he grabbed her wrists and pulled her hair, and said she's one of a kind. And then he used her broken heart to cut her in her deepest parts and claimed “Your last breath is mine”. Girls that age should not talk to boys and mothers are always right. Beneath the wall of tender pillows there lies the sharpest knife. He wrote his father all is well he can't afford to call from hell and the operator's in French He bought her rings with plastic pearls expensive rooms in cheap motels but, she never really asked for much. They were together for a month she always said she wants to dance. He left the room with trembling hands… He couldn't bear to see her eyes they showed reflections of a child who just became a man. |
