SETTLEMENT

Written by David Poe. ©1997 Charming Martyr Music (BMI). All rights reserved. From the albums David Poe and Love Is Red

GOT A LETTER AT THE DOOR

IT WAS THE ENDING OF THE WAR

VOID OF ANY SENTIMENT

LOOK AT ALL THE TIME SHE SPENT

SHE'S AS PATIENT AS A GUN

GETTING SHINED AGAINST THE SUN

IT'S LOOKING LIKE

THE SETTLEMENT IS ALMOST DONE

 

SAYS SHE'S GVING BACK THE RING

ISN'T KEEPING ANYTHING

HOPING SHE REMEMBERS GOOD

BUT SHE NEVER SAID SHE WOULD

WHEN SHE ASKED IF HE COULD CHANGE

IT NEVER WAS QUITE THE SAME

AND THAT'S BECAUSE

THE SETTLEMENT HAD BEEN ARRANGED

 

SHE COULD NEVER SEEM TO TELL

WHAT HE DIDN'T WANT:

TO LET HER FAIL

BUT JUST AS WELL

THE SETTLEMENT IS IN THE MAIL

VOID OF ANY SENTIMENT

LIKE HE NEVER HAD A FRIEND

THINK OF ALL THE TIME HE SPENT

MAKING RENT AND MIRACLES

THAT CAME AND WENT

SHE'S SO F*CKING BEAUTIFUL