Read 'em 'n' Weep Lyrics - Shrunken Heads - Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter 

Shrunken Heads 

Read 'Em 'N' Weep 

On a warm summer day, in the hour of my youth 

I walked the four miles to your door 

You wore a straw hat, high heels to match 

And the whitest cotton dress I ever saw 

When I tried to hold you, you turned away 

You don't have to tell me, it's all over your face 

I can see the writing on the wall 

And there's a distance in your eyes that says it all 

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Read it and weep 

I can't get no sleep 

'Cos I know you won't change your mind tomorrow 

I'm sinking under, I don't wanna lose you 

This emptiness is more than I can handle 

You gave me no reason, but you gave me rhyme 

I put the words to music and I was out of my mind 

All I've got's the letters that I keep 

And sometimes just before I go to sleep 

I read 'em 'n' weep 

You swept me off my feet 

Now I know, time's the only healer 

This jealousy hurts 

The thought of seeing you with someone else 

Cuts like a knife 

Into the heart of me 

Life is a river 

It twists and it turns 

But I'll get over you babe 

I'll live and I'll learn 

The paper's full of January sales 

I guess I won't be buying fairytales 

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Read 'em 'n' weep 

Cryin' in my sleep 

'Cos I know I'm gonna be alone tomorrow 

And I walked the four miles 

Yeah I walked the four miles 

In tears and sorrow 

This was the story, here's where it ends 

Next time I'll be wiser 

I won't get let down again 

I wanted you so badly, but I failed 

Now all I got's these little paper trails 

Read 'em 'n' weep 

Read 'em 'n' weep 

Oh yeah 

Read 'em 'n' weep 

Read 'em 'n' weep 

Ah, ha 

I wanted you so badly, but I failed 

Now all I got's these little paper trails