Showgirl
written by Elizabeth Geyer
from the album 'On Patrol With The Jazz Police'
available http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/egeyer2
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She was armed from the start
spelling out the deal with all the rations you could ever need
for our little ride into the dark, into the dark

High school girl
you look so cool
nobody could take you for the fool you are
whenever she's around, she takes you down

Don't look now, she's right behind you pacing in the wings
and you mime the words and you fake your moves
Still she waits, she waits for her cue
He broke her well he can't break you, you're the showgirl

Fell in love
giddy for the first time
stealing kisses with a man
preferred the view behind the bars
She said to tell him goodbye and you hated every word
but when you handed him the keys to fly
he couldn't look you in the eye

Don't look now, she's right behind you pacing in the wings
and you mime the words and you fake your moves
Still she waits, she waits for her cue
He broke her well he can't break you, you're the showgirl

your words
they sting like words
they sting like words
they sting like tattoos in the air

long after she's gone
it's just so easy
it's just so easy
because she's there.