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Sadness Lyrics by Greg Brown

The Poet Game

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Sadness come to my house
With a stinking bouquet
Smiled with her thin gray lips
And said, "Honey, I'm home to stay."

[Chorus:]
And I said
"Go away and leave me alone
Go away and leave me."

She handed me rotgut whiskey
And a lit cigarette
Danced all around my room and said
"Are we having fun yet?"

[Chorus]
She took off her party dress
And her tear stained brassiere
Came so close I could smell her
And said "Kiss me here and here."

[Chorus]
She lay down on my bed
And open her thin legs
Raised up her arms and said
"Honey, I ain't too proud to beg."

[Chorus]
She said, "Don't you remember
What you did to that one, to the other one, too?
Well, I've just come to do exactly
The very same thing to you."

[Chorus]
I said, "I'm gonna get out my shotgun
I'm gonna get out my Bowie knife -
And if you don't clear on outta here
I'll kill you within an inch of your life."

[Chorus]
She said, "Honey, I've come to love you
I'm gonna hook you 'til you burn -
And then I'll go and you will never know
Just when I may return."

[Chorus]
I will go out in the mountains
Way out in the desert somewhere
Where the sun shines down on rocks and bushes
And there ain't no Sadness there

[Chorus]
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About “Sadness” by Greg Brown

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"Sadness" is credited to Greg Brown. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Sadness" appears on "The Poet Game".

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