From The Last Card
Lyrics
She hides a bouquet
Of black and purple flowers
Hand delievered with the power
Of his angry fists
With every new day
She grows more desperate by the hour
She has no place left to cower
How long can she resist?
She’s leaving, the River City
She’s leaving, like she knew she would
She’s leaving, the River City
She’s leaving, this time for good
She grows discouraged
Her dreams as faded as her jeans
Her nights are always filled with screams
And with his fury and his rage
She looks for courage
To leave by any means
By mixing fire and gasoline
Or pumping her twelve gauge
She’s leaving, the River City
She’s leaving, like she knew she would
She’s leaving, the River City
She’s leaving, this time for good
Another new day
And now she’s living on the run
After she threw away her gun
At the bottom of the James
Suspected foul play
They’ll never prove what she had done
She finished what he had begun
And now she’s on her way
She’s leaving, the River City
She’s leaving, like she knew she would
She’s leaving, the River City
She’s leaving, this time for good