Red (Is My Colour)

Red is my colour Passed down from my mother A fiery tune, a true blood moon Patience is power Said those with the power A simple verse, a lifetime's curse It's rife in the water you give to your daughter She falls ill every time Pipes can be changed but her sickness remains This whole house has to come down Go to her with a softness If she's graceless - can you blame her? She loves you but you're complicit The poison sits in all of us The abscess, the whiteness It's coddled and it's cradled in our sleep It's rife in the water we give to our daughters They fall ill every time Pipes can be changed but our sickness remains This whole house has to come down Baby I know what you are You wanna be good without a picking a part You wanna be the change without going too far Oh spare me this farce Baby I know what you are You wanna be good without tearing yourself apart You wanna be the change without going too far Oh spare me this farce It's rife in the water we share with our daughters We fall ill every time Pipes can be changed but our sickness remains This whole house has to come down