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Contessa Tab

by Thea Gilmore


Thea Gilmore Contessa 

                                                     
Contessa, Contessa, oh please leave your hat by the door
                                                    
Well, I thought I told you you couldn’t call round anymore
                                                             
And outside in the street and the rains turning tricks on the day
                                             
Contessa, I’ve told you so why do you come anyway?


                                                    
Well, ten years ago by the motorway bridge with a smile
                                                         
And your red lacquer shoes, oh you lived inside me for a while
                                                       
I had an old cow bone that I used to draw hearts in the dust
                                                      
Contessa please tell me just what the hell happened to us


            
‘Cause I’ve gone
                
Gone run that road
     
I’ve gone
               
Gone run that road
                        
Run that road home


                                                            
I was a scared little kid with a head full of hormones and holes
                                                   
With one eye on atonement and a body already grown old
                                                             
There you were with your secrets and your notebook of genuine lies
                                                       
Saying “girl its your party but you sure as hell don’t wanna cry, don’t wanna cry


     
I’ve gone
              
Gone run that road
     
I’ve gone
               
Gone run that road
                     
Run that road home

Yeah, run that road home


                                                   
So I was the black sheep, yeah, I was the lone cavalier
                                                    
But with a face like stone, oh Connie its lonely out here
                                                        
I’ve taken some pills and I’ve played with the hand I was dealt
                                                          
And you saved me that time but now I’ve learned to save myself


         
And I’ve gone
             
Gone run that road
     
I’ve gone
                
Gone run that road

Run that road home

Oh, run that road home

Yeah, run that, run that, rung that, run that, road home

Yeah, run that road home