Kay Hanley

Faded Dress

Kay Hanley


Like a grade school valentine 
my heart is asking and aching all the time 
when are you gonna know? 
this demon time 
gets to moving awful slow 
so let's talk about the way the world should be 
it's not fair when i'm cast as gatsby 
and i should have seen you coming 
like a speeding car 
but you know me 
perennial cassandra 
if you want to hurt me its an unqualified success 
and i don't want to hang around like a faded dress 
when i was young i thought 
that i'd remember everything that 
i'd been taught 
now it's clear i never learned anything 
'cause i come up empty 
when it comes to you dear 
so let's talk about just how it's gonna be 
forget the love 
and just bring the happy 
and i got a sneaking feeling about you 
such as you got other better things to do 
if you want to hurt me it's an unqualified success 
and i don't want to hang around like a faded dress 
on the way out 
if worry is the color of currency 
then i've paid well for this movie 
and i can't help but watch it 
again and again 
'cause at the end when i rewind it 
you're right back with me 
like a grade school valentine..... 
and i got a sneaking feeling about you 
such as you got other better things to do 
if you want to hurt me it's an unqualified success.........