Madame Red

from Bootleg Sessions VIII by Bootleg Slim

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Recorded live directly to two microphones in Grenoble, France.
10th March 2018

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Madame Red
WRITTEN BY : BOOTLEG SLIM

My heart snapping like a castanet
I'm evasive in my bloodshot eyes
my fist as tight at the knot in my stomach
the sweetest fruit has a bitter rind

I like my French letters in a square envelope
my romance breathless like a knife to the throat
my heroes poisoned by a kiss of hope
people envy happiness but they love a good joke

I've got twelve bars of gold for every kick in the teeth
midnight creep to a howling motif
those who lack enemies are ruined by friends
I'm a poor boy fool for Madame Red

She drove a nail through my jukebox heart
jiving wild at a sawdust saloon
picked my shots over a carnival bar
danced ablaze beneath a yellow moon

Madame Red's got a 12-gauge cough
and a 14-carat smile
she was born on the road where I got lost
grain liquor dripping from her evil eye

If I fall for her love or just her tricks
I'm a crash test pilot with a pair of new wings
those who lack enemies are ruined by friends
I'm a poor boy fool for Madame Red

She's a shot of bourbon in the holy grail
a silver dagger in a velvet gown
a tin can tied to a hound dog's tail
a wishing well where a little boy drowned

Rub my muzzle in the truth
moonshine in the gutter, poison in the rain
I've got a Darwin for the booth
my lion heart flutters when I hear her name

Around her neck a little band of gold
big legs light skirt drawn high
the label on the hooch is a skull and crossed bones
I'm choking on a pair of loaded dice

I pray I get to heaven
before the devil knows I'm dead
I met her at The Gritseller's Tavern
the dangerous maiden Madame Red

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from Bootleg Sessions VIII, released March 10, 2018
Words and music written by Bootleg Slim

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