Frances Quinlan - Second Voice lyrics

Call me by my second name I suppose I'll still be the same You didn't call back On the phone did my voice sound alone? I keep asking my people if they are ashamed I met you in the summer you wrote me letters through November And then over the winter we went on the road together I hate to think what you must think of me now After two oh oh something when I kept my heart spread out But you too can be cruel And I don't live in no cave I just sleep in the dark like most people do Why can't you? And though I'd hate to think I'm just like everybody ellse Sat me down at the Rock Star Bar Said babe you're just as f**ed up as the rest Nobody should hang from a collar or the hem of a dress Hungry woman do you cling to your pain? Oh yes, oh yes If I pulled the wool over your eyes I pulled it over mine too Don't close your eyes while you sing Don't you know people like me are watching you? If your faith is strong but fleeting You will be lonely for most of the time Hey baby, pretty baby Happy two thousand and nine And though I've talked my fair share of trash I haven't the stomach to be hated While couples upstairs scream How will you pay When I choose to stay I don't listen I'm in debt up to my neck Will you overhear me pray for love and for forgiveness? That way we can always say there's a secret sweetness Unspoken between us When you got in the car for Toledo I took off as fast as I could Don't indulge me Don't say baby one day maybe You know it ain't no good And you too can be cruel We work in our caves We live in the dark And I know you do too, don't you? How about an idle threat? I'll corner you in the old folks home when I'm not quite dead yet I'll kick back your wheelchair, kiss your wrinkled forehead Hand you your last cigarette How about an idle threat? Baby I will get you yet Baby I'll make your live miserable if you don't make me your wife Or I'll just float through space for the rest of my life No telescope, I'm gone Call me Major Tom Let him go on dear loser He's gonna catalogue your name So what, you handed him your body Stand triumphant in your shame Make phone call after call Say man, he didn't know me at all And anyway you'll only make your life miserable if you bring anyone home Since you love only half-hearted You'll always wake up alone There was no true love tonight When your distress made you say This is alright I guess So when you touch her villainous body do you feel like a fake? As you look at your lover and your lover looks away With one shoulder to the wall she says No that wasn't what I meant at all I know I'm crazy I hear the kids outside play and say Hey lady, hey you old lady How would you like to pay? You will someday I know I'm crazy I hear the devil at my door He's throwing bad cards to me saying Honey would you like some more? I know you've been down that road before Honey would you like some more? Yeah I know I've been down that road before You know I would love some more