Firewater

Whistling In The Dark

Firewater


Crouching on the cool white tile 
SHe's got to learn to take her medicine 
With a professional smile 
Holy vessel or a toilet bowl 
Puking hopes into a urinal 
Sun like a blowtorch 
Cuts through aluminum sky 
Just like a crippled ballerina 
In a pair of too-tight slacks 
It's on her face, expensive tastes 
But no excess of ready cash 
She's completely gone 
Oh, but you know she'll be back 

She's living on a question mark 
But spending exclamation points 
It's perjury right from the start 
She's only whistling in the dark 
Evidence is thin in her defense 
And as the prosecution rests 
The jury's out, the mood is tense 
They're only whistling in the dark 

So many ways the game could go 
Timer ticks out minutes left 
Until it's going to blow 
She may stumble, but she won't fall 
Waiting for the curtain call 
As history repeats in motion slow 

And though her repertoire is good 
It's just a faded valentine 
Between the hammer and the nails 
There lies unspoken compromise 
Then it strikes you 
Right between the eyes 

Cause when tomorrow's blown away 
Seems like tonight is here to stay 
So she just close her eyes and stumble forward 
Whistling in the dark 
Long live the queen, the queen is dead 
So take the crown off of her head 
But is that taps or reveille 
That she is whistling ïn the dark?