Show Pony

Show pony, make it burn Smile as the knife is turned Show pony making a return I guess he's right that you live- I'll begin at the beginning, you met in New York City He was sitting like a prince on the stairs of his old building And then he kissed you, you were finished, two months in a minute Married at a desk in a sundress with a witness Had a honeymoon in Texas, went to Little Venice Told him with your eyes, now you're crying in the clinic And we pile into the Plymouth, haircuts in the kitchen He always fell asleep just before the movie finished But you don't, baby, you're alone Echoes in your head, pressed into the floor Two-dimensional, when's it gonna end? Maybe when you're dead, maybe you're a fool But he loved you And he loved you in a t-shirt, mm All the memories inside your curves Now you're coming back to show us that girl So roll those credits, 'cause the sequel's gonna hurt, mm Show pony, make it burn Smile as the knife is turned Show pony making a return As we make our way through the universe Show pony making it burn That's how revenge is served Make it so cold that it hurts I guess he's right that you live and learn It's how the story goes, Ramen on your own Waiting by the phone, lipstick on the coat Waiting by the door, you live in his clothes You would make a joke that you had none of your own All that shit I learned from you Kindness spilt like milk and juice So blind sided by the truth In some way, I was sure you knew But you don't, baby, you're alone Echoes in your head, pressed into the floor Two-dimensional, when's it gonna end? Maybe when you're dead, maybe you're a fool But he loved you When he loved you in a t-shirt, mm All the memories inside your curves Now you're coming back to show us that girl So roll those credits 'cause the sequel's gonna hurt, mm Show pony, make it burn Smile as the knife is turned Show pony making a return As we make our way through the universe All those nights he left you and me There was nothing left of you, but he squeezed All those times he did what he pleased Boy, those scars must really run deep And all that hurt comes out in one scream And it pierced him like the paper receipt That you got that time you went for food That first night that he saw you Show pony, make it burn Smile as the knife is turned Show pony making a return As we make our way through the universe Show pony making it burn That's how revenge is served Make it so cold that it hurts I guess he's right that you live and learn