John Mellencamp - The Courtesy Of Kings lyrics

I knew this colorful woman once She drank and had a roving eye In the morning she was always mournful She’d cry and apologize But she’d always repeat herself Find comfort with a stranger and sing She never took much notice In the courtesy of kings She had pictures of Cuban artists And paintings from Rotterdam Promises that she made She never could stay true to them She said she loved me so deeply Then she’d spit in my face and scream And she never took much notice In the courtesy of kings sponsored links She had the face of an angel And a smile no one could deny But the heart of a devil Beat deep down in her inside She spoke of judgment and forgiveness Her other lovers didn’t mean a thing She never took much notice In the courtesy of kings We parted in the middle of nowhere I haven’t seen her since then She always kept my mind busy She made her lies sing like a hymn Sometimes I wonder if I’d see her If I would still recognize Or just remember her as a dream And respect her for the love she used to bring And if I could show her The courtesy of kings