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Film Noir Lyrics by The Gaslight Anthem

The ’59 Sound

2008

[Verse 1]
I'm all washed out by the side of the road
Broken bones Matilda left a note and a rose
Sayin', "Baby, honey child, I've loved you so long
But you deserve much better than me"
So I'm just burnin' all around all the miles in the road
And I'm never goin' back and I'm never goin' home
I've been gone too long, I've been less right than wrong
I lost so much blood in the fallin' out
[Chorus]
And I lit a fire that wouldn't go out
Until it consumed the walls and roof of this house
Until all I remember was burnin' away
And all I remember, you burned it away
[Verse 2]
See, for ten long years I've been hustlin' around
Tryin' to wash the sins and the sweat from my brow
Just tryin' to find a better life for me and my own
Just some rest for these tired workin' fingers
But nobody never gonna tell you the way
You gotta figure it out, boys, and suffer the rain
And the fools in the night and the heat of the day
When all you ever really wanted was for someone to understand
[Chorus]
And I lit a fire that wouldn't go out
Until it consumed the walls and roof of this house
Until all I remember was burnin' away
And all I remember, you burned it away
[Post-Chorus]
Well, don't you take it so hard, and baby, don't you cry
You cross your hard heart and you hope to die
Don't you tell me no more lies, you lied all the time
Don't you tell me no more lies, you lied every night
[Bridge]
And you're sugar and spice and everything nice
You got Monroe hips, your poisoned lips and knives
And you're sugar and spice and everything nice
You got open wounds in a young boy's pride
And you're sugar and spice and everything nice
You got Monroe hips, your poisoned lips and knives
Sugar and spice, everything nice
Open wounds in a young boy's pride
[Chorus]
And I lit a fire that wouldn't go out
Until it consumed the walls and roof of this house
Until all I remember was burnin' away
And all that you left me, you burned it away
[Post-Chorus]
Well, don't you take it so hard and baby, don't you cry
Oh, you cross your hard heart and you hope to die
Don't you tell me no more lies, you lied all the time
Don't you tell me no more lies, you lied every night
[Outro]
Time, time tickin' away
Time, time tickin' away (All over your face)
Time, time tickin' away (All over my face)
Time, time tickin' away
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The Gaslight Anthem

The Gaslight Anthem

About “Film Noir” by The Gaslight Anthem

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