The smoke tastes like gray lead

It's killing her head

She finally let him have it

Here practice yelling at yourself instead

She nearly burned the town again

With the look that she gave him

She covers her heart with her hands and says

A little useless praying never hurts anything

It's like nothing's got a pulse (x2)

In this whole damn place

Right down to the clocks

Nothing's got a pulse

Remember darling how quiet it got

Leave her alone, let her go home (x2)

So she don't have to see you

How pathetic you can be

So she won't hate herself to death

Know what i mean

She's covering he heart with her hands and says

A little useless praying never hurts anything

That must be her up there

Perfume and cigarette smoke in her wild hair

She smells a little like a train

Hauling lilacs through the rain

I can't tell that she's crying

I'll pretend again

But she sees them total destruction

As she goes running to them

I'm finally showing her the switch

How i learned to hold it

In my teeth

How she's got to keep

One razor sharp bloody piece

Of her old broken heart

How she's got to use that edge to carve

Across her new heart

Something deep enough to hurt

So it always reminds her

Deep enough to last

Darlin' honey, watch your ass