Heartbreak Blue

from How to Break the Horse by Scott Royle

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've been away from you for awhile
but i still have your lipstick and you still got your style

i passed your house last thursday
crawling to the virgin mary shrine
the cherry trees looked thirsty
though cherries were divine

we used to conjugate at sunset
to study torah and tiger beat
put makeup over prayer sweat
while the sisters were discrete

oh lou, oh lou
i saw you at the disco, the count of grandma's crisco
oh lou, oh lou
with an 'i heart mom tattoo', in a pair of heels past due
and your sister's old tutu, painted heartbreak blue

you danced on all the tables
and made mary's out of men
in hotel lobbies and in stables
collecting ballpoint business pens

blue blue eyes, behind the counter all night selling pies, pies, pies
the neon light it brightly said 'pies are half price half past ten we like to see
you coming, come again'

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from How to Break the Horse, released May 26, 2015

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