A Bullet Painted Red

Down at the tavern
Where the drinks, they taste just like fire
I told you I loved you
And you kissed my lips like a lie

Your skin was full of salt
I watched you swim for hours
Your boat was tied to rocks
With the stems of yellow flowers
The children played guitars
You could hear them from the tents
Singing love songs in the evening
Every word makin sense
So tell me sweet gypsy
Why it's takin so long
I know nothing about you
I don't know where you're from

We were down at the tavern
Where the drinks, they taste just like fire
I told you I loved you
And you kissed my lips like a lie
Alright

Well you blew in from the coast
On a waterless ship
Reminding me of someone
In a dream I was with
Well we were playing cards on an
Old treasure chest
We called it a draw
As the sun begun to set
And time passed like infinity
Like a camera in the dark
Like a match to a cigarette
That can't find its spark

We were down at the tavern
Where the drinks, they taste just like fire
I told you I loved you
And you kissed my lips like a lie

La

Well the walls were like tunnels
Like mazes of stone
We walked through the market square
Then I took you to my home
You looked up at the picture
Hanging above my bed
Of an old man with a shotgun
A bullet painted red
I woke up too early
Knowing you had to go
Morning came too quickly
The sun was still hanging low

Down at the tavern
Where the drinks, they taste just like fire
I told you I loved you
And you kissed my lips like a lie

Listen
Now I hope to God that you remember
The good times we had
The place you called a paradise
The beach where we once sang