Henna Tattoo from For Granted by Delphi Rising

Henna Tattoo
(© 2009 James Rader)

You were making me
Wander in the dark
Looking for your highheeled footprints.
You were making me
Open up my eyes
Hoping for some cheap distraction.

[Chorus]
But I was your henna tattoo
I faded away.
I was your pop screen idol
I lasted a day.

You were keeping me
Way up past the late show
Getting high to watch the sunrise.
You were keeping me
In your back left pocket
Dragged me out to every dirty venue.

[Bridge]
But when it came right down to
Staying with me.
Grinding gears went faster than
Some in the lead.

You were driving me
All across the city
Searching for the last guy you remembered.
You were driving me
Way out past the breakpoint
Farther than the stoplights and the junkyards.

You were leaving me
Standing in the alley
Watching as you drifted past my window.
You were leaving me
When I started finding
Everything I couldn’t do without you.

[chorus]

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