Roaring Jack - Shot Down In Flames lyrics

Beaten half senseless with the blunt edge Of a dozen sleepless nights An hour can seem endless When you're wondering who your lover's with tonight It was much too complicated To be reduced to simple terms of black and white So tangled up in jealous love When I talk to you I can't even be polite Shot down in flames Shot down Wondering who to blame I recall when I first met you I was much too self-contained to get involved I already had my hands full With another situation unresolved You said my kind of love was heartless Without possessiveness there's just no love at all And I took you at your word And the feeling you belong to me evolved Shot down in flames… No sooner had I pledged myself Than you began to make your distance clear The depth of your affection Began to look kind of like a thin veneer You made your move I called your bluff We sure knew how to create an atmosphere We cut each other pretty deep Though neither one would ever shed a tear Shot down in flames… I was paying off your bodyguard With borrowed time and them my right to choose Handcuffed to your treadmill With my head on fire and gravel in my shoes Till I fell wired out and helpless On your backdoor step with no strength to refuse I heard you whisper to your houseboy This kind of thing is nothing I can use Now you keep my picture in a frame To remind you of a past we never had Don't send me no more letters please The things you tell me only make me sad Shot down in flames Shot down Wondering who to blame