Does Not Suffice Lyrics - Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom

I will pack all my pretty dresses 

I will box up my high-heeled shoes 

A sparkling ring for every finger 

I'll put away and hide from view 

Coats of boucle, jacquard and cashmere 

Cartouche and tweed, all silver-shot 

And everything that could remind you 

Of how easy I was not 

I'll tuck away my gilded buttons 

I'll bind my silks in shapeless bales 

Wrap it all up in reams o' tissue 

And then I'll kiss you sweet farewell 

You saw me rise to our occasion 

And so deny the evidence 

'Caused me to burn and twist and grimace against you 

Like something caught on a barbed wire fence 

Now you can see me fall back here redoubled 

Full bewildered and amazed 

I have gotten into some terrible trouble 

Beneath your blank and rinsing gaze 

It does not suffice for you to say I am a sweet girl 

Or to say you hate to see me sad because of you 

It does not suffice to merely lie beside each other 

As those who love each other do 

I picture you rising up in the morning 

Stretching out on your boundless bed 

Beating a clear path to the shower 

Scouring yourself red 

The tap of hangers swaying in the closet 

Unburdened hooks and empty drawers 

And everywhere I tried to love you 

Is yours again and only yours 

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