Bloody Lip from Perfect Gentleman by Randy Kaplan

"Bloody Lip" by Randy Kaplan

I went down on you with a bloody lip
and that took a lot of faith.
After being up for an hour or two
I gambled all my money away.

Now I'm not embarrassed to look at you
when the credits come up.
I know what you're thinking.
"We should have known it would suck."

And I couldn't make it go away.

You bite your lip when you eat too fast
or when you're nervous or at fault.
You bite your lip when you're caught red handed
and sometimes for no reason at all.

Last night I dreamt that a woman
made up of you and my sister
cut off both my hands
at the top of a hollow tower.

And as I fell back down inside
I was mouthing the words, I love you.
I was smiling in silence.
I died but I kept breathing.

I couldn't make it go away,
I couldn't make it go away.

You bite your lip when you eat too fast
or when you're nervous or at fault.
You bite your lip when you're caught red handed
and sometimes for no reason at all.

I was lying in bed this morning
fast-forwarding Ron Jeremy.
I started to search for that line "Made of Earth"
in my Bible but it didn't turn up.

You barged in and stared at me
and I knew what you were thinking.
What else could I do but to stare back at you
and try to fend off blinking?

I couldn't make it go away,
I couldn't make it go away,
I couldn't make it go away.

You bite your lip when you eat too fast
or when you're nervous or at fault.
You bite your lip when you're caught red handed
and sometimes for no reason at all.
Sometimes for no reason at all.
Sometimes there's no reason at all.

• Blues
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