Pretty Things-Gretchen Peters

[00:10.79]Pretty Things-Gretchen Peters [00:27.42]I knew a girl who said that beauty kills [00:32.66]dulled the pain with wine and pills [00:36.20]took that slow ride down the hill to nowhere [00:42.07]she said Pompeii crumbled and Athens fell [00:47.02]heathens stormed the citadel [00:51.22]a girl like me ain’t got a chance in hell against ‘em [00:56.93]oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin [01:12.60]oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin [01:29.52]rained three days, when we awoke [01:32.49]sun came out and the levee broke [01:36.10]like some cruel and cosmic joke God’s playing [01:41.41]now I don’t pretend that I believe [01:47.52]I know there ain’t no guarantees [01:50.60]still morning finds me on my knees and praying [01:57.26]oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin [02:27.97] [02:55.01]come the flood you build an ark [03:00.68]come the night you curse the dark [03:04.50]inside your broken heart you bear the crosses [03:11.01]some of us have got it made [03:15.27]some of us have more than paid [03:19.69]but we’re all marching in this slow parade of losses [03:26.69]oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin [03:41.66]oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin [03:56.55]oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin