Threepenny and a Blood Red Strat
Dalton Deschain & the Traveling Show, Dalton Deschain, Wayne Silver, Jeremy Cimino
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Threepenny and a blood-red strat
Never trust a man who pulls his living out of top hats
(I came here to perform, I'll take whatever the part is)
(I'm just sick of rich kids telling me what art is)
I used to play this for my high school
I used to play this for my friends
I used to dream of moving inward to the city
'Cause their venerating love felt like imprisonment
So now I get kicked out of bars for not drinking
But all the same, I'm too profane for the music hall
I fought a baritone in the alley
Behind where he'd just finished singing
Strauss's opera about the dead John
Oh! Jochanaan
To see your head on a spike
And as she kissed your lifeless lips
The thought occurred to me
That must be what power tastes like
I think I'll try a bite
I used to play this for my girlfriend
Before that, all came to an end
I used to fake my fucking friendships and not know it
'Cause I thought that love and music were both synonyms
So now I wander by the lakeshore
I find it peaceful on the pier
I watch the drowning men and the freighters
To see them bellow out their sorrows
It's like music on my deaf ears
Oh! You delicate faun
I've got you dead in my sights
Ever since Clair de lune's bubbling harmonies
Taught me what love sounded like
I'm stepping out tonight
Threepenny and a blood-red strat
Never trust a man who pulls his living out of top hats
Hey, spare some change
Throw a buck on the ground
Threepenny and a blood-red strat
Never bet on a man who'd borrow money from a black cat
It's okay, take my hand, I'd like to show you around
And you can trust me darling
I'll never let you down
You can count on me darling
I'll never let you down