Broken Crowns, Forgotten Pageants

Broken Crowns, Forgotten Pageants Song Text

[Verse]
Well in a blue dress in the black night
Who would've thought in a bar with the socialites
It'd be a mirror in the lobby that would draw the knife?
But I told her to think it over
In this city of cold shoulders
You're not getting any warmer dancing around a lie

[Chorus]
And I
Well, I can see the sinking in your eyes
And I
Well, I can see the secret in your smile
[Verse]
Well, Ruby always said I'd play my part
She used to tell me that the city killed a southern heart
This isn't Broadway
Just a cold day
Past the curtain calls and the matinées
Guess we all have our vices and our roles to play
And now you're all out of words to say

[Chorus]
And I
Well I can see the sinking in your eyes
And I
Well, I can see the secret in your smile
And I
Well I can see the sinking in your eyes
And I
Well, I can see the secret in your smile
(She always told me that the city killed a southern heart)