Lady Kerosene

I saw you sighing by your window bright,
Touch my heart to be your acolyte
Sip fire-water from the golden cup
Drinks at my bedside, as I’m burning up.

Lady kerosene, I can see the wreckage now,
Drinking gasoline, you keep on pumpin’ it out somehow.

Now I’m at ashland, baby, far away
I’m just a cinder of a summer’s day.
Lady kerosene, prometheus’ evil daughter;
You know what I mean,
I even asked him for a glass of water.

I always thought it was a gentle notion
I flew across the atlantic ocean
Rain is different there across the sea
It hits the earth a little differently
Windshield wipers keep a steady time
Crosswords among the cliffs of lime
Beyond horizon and the clouds of devotion
Comes sunset’s tendons from your crimson sun

Lady kerosene
Lady kerosene
Lady kerosene
Lady kerosene

Lyrics used by permission