Outskirts of Love

Woman at the bus stop in a wedding gown

There's a ticket in her hand, she's headed outta town

Carrying a suitcase bound up with string

It was all that she had left since she pawned her wedding ring

When I passed by later, she had gone away

And a homeless man was holding up okay

Living on the outskirts of love

Living on the outskirts of love

Little girl in the hallway with a dahlia outside the door

That's how Mama tells her to go and play some more

Mama's entertaining a special man inside

Wouldn't it be fun to go run and hide?

Hallway's freezing, there's hardly any heat

It's getting darker on the street

Living on the outskirts of love

Living on the outskirts of love

When you can't find the things you been dreaming of

You're living on the outskirts of love

Motel in a desert, sinking in the sand

How she ended up here she couldn't understand

Better dreams on 13, she let it ride

All she ended up with was a stranger by her side

Latest lie in life, so easy to deceive

Still searching for that reason to believe

Yeah, to believe

Living on the outskirts of love

Living on the outskirts of love

When you can't find the things you been dreaming of

You're living on the outskirts

Living on the outskirts

Living on the outskirts of love