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Tablecloth Dresses: Song


by Jerry Ratch


 

I see you're wearing your tablecloth top again

your tablecloth dress to impress me

and distress me with all your tablecloth positions

for your luncheons on the grass

with all your famous friends

who found you on your ass

 

Yes we can plainly see  

the red badge of carnage

from the luncheon of my heart

you so fondly display now

that you've got my attention

my breath in suspension

from your high-wire act

but you could show more tact

as a matter of fact

as a matter of fact

 

I see you're wearing your tablecloth top again

and it's duly noted you've won

and that you're having all the fun now

and I'm the one that's dumb

 

You can let up on the pain now

the red badge of carnage is so plain now

and everyone sees your success

at squeezing the blood from my heart

 

it's all over your tablecloth dresses

and they know all the messes

I created by leaving you

yes, it's so evident

so take a breath and relax

in your tablecloth dresses

 

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