Pretty girl, some time ago She drank the fire to k** the pain she knew She knew there had to be a better way She said she'd look for it another day Oh she never did He parked his car outside the corner store Flipped up his hood, pulled out his .44 He shot the clerk for only twenty-five
And told the cops they won't take him alive Oh they never did We look up high and stare into the sun Then go inside where the fluorescents run We live so long within the safe and cold Believe these walls will keep us safe and warm Oh they never did