New Year's Retribution-The Good Life

[ti:New Year's Retribution] [ar:The Good Life] [al:Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit For Hurricane Katrina Relief] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]New Year's Retribution - The Good Life [00:18.24]1994 [00:20.67]A girl pukes out the window on her car door [00:25.04]Her childish eyes say I don't want this anymore [00:28.83]I want to be a woman [00:30.11]No no see I don't want to be no whore” [00:33.97]January 1 1994 [00:35.61] [00:37.88]A new year's resolution [00:42.60]A cause for celebration [00:46.70]But idle hesitation [00:50.99]Reminds me I am just a whore [01:02.55]Hate to tell her [01:04.34]That I saw them standing closely in the cellar [01:08.64]It all ticked off it's twelve o'clock [01:10.81]The screams wouldn't stop [01:13.01]The New Year dawn got tucked away into a hole [01:16.98]So could you tell her tell her that I'm all alone [01:21.64]This New Year came too soon [01:25.62]But I knew it would be you [01:30.30]To tear up all my thoughts [01:34.53]Of how I thought it was [01:38.27]Say goodbye [01:40.83]If you're leaving me could you at least let me know [01:46.99]Say goodbye [01:49.51]If you want to leave then I suggest you go [02:03.10]Let's smoke cigarettes [02:05.34]But we haven't got a thing that we can light them with [02:09.68]We'll just wait here for a fight [02:11.42]Then we can bum a light [02:13.97]You're the only ones who really give a sh*t tonight [02:18.41]It reminds me how nothing ever turns out right [02:22.62]And all I want is you [02:27.12]All you want is something new [02:31.04]So let's turn out all the lights [02:35.50]And pretend we're someone else tonight