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Unnatural shades of blue

from Hardwood Floors by Jonathan Kingham

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He asked her where she’d been,
His hand clenched in a ball
But her answer was never good enough
And his fist went through the wall
But some nights she wasn’t so lucky
Some nights his aim was true and he
Painted her body with his fists
Unnatural shades of blue, unnatural shades of blue

Unnatural shades of blue
No make up can disguise
Unnatural shades of blue
In the ring around her eye
In the ring around her eye

And those nights when the bottle did the talking
Those were the worst
He’d tell her all the things she wasn’t good for
And he’d scream at her and curse
Whoever said with sticks and stones
The pain is never true
Has never felt the deepest pain
Of an unnatural shade of blue, unnatural shade of blue

Unnatural shades of blue
No make up can disguise
Unnatural shades of blue
In the ring around her eye
Unnatural shades of blue
Now it’s long sleeves in the summer time
She cries herself to sleep and swears
That this is gonna be the last time

Some days she wonders what it is she did
And God knows she’d be long gone if it wasn’t for the kids
She keeps telling herself over and over
Everything’s going to be fine
Then the screen door slams again
And its one more last time

Unnatural shades of blue
No make up can disguise
Unnatural shades of blue
In the ring around her eye
Unnatural shades of blue
Now it’s long sleeves in the summer time
She cries herself to sleep and swears
That this is gonna be the last time

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from Hardwood Floors, released October 10, 1999

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