Ribbons 'Round My Tongue

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oh lady fair your stranglin’ hair raps round my tongue
i try to speak but my thoughts grow weak for all the yarns you’ve spun
i heard them say that evil may walk in beauty’s shoes
and if ever i could love myself then i’ll stop loving you
were you out the other night flirting with all my friends
i heard you told a joke or two with my name at the end
hurry home i sit in stone tell me it just ain’t true
but if ever i could love myself then i’ll stop loving you
when you’re gone i’ll carry on t’was never meant to last
and i’d much prefer to sit alone and drink about the past
or so i say some how some way till i believe its true
that if ever i could love myself then i’ll stop loving you
this illness lord it chills me so the shadows closing in
but it feels quite nice to your chest of ice so i’ll let the darkness win
and at dawn i wakes with the bloody shakes to begin each day anew
and if ever i could love myself than i’ll stop loving you

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from Two Gallants, released September 25, 2007

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