18 Karat Gold

18 karat gold

It wouldn't fill the hole

The bleeding hole in her heart

That's made from circumstances at home

'Cause they kept pulling her hair

And slowly choked her words

She don't sleep at night

Afraid to turn out the lights

And she's home

I thought 18 karat gold

Would save her lonely soul

But she don't sleep at night

Afraid to turn out the lights

'Cause they kept pulling her hair

Wouldn't leave her alone

But if only I could read her mind

And release that stone

In your heart where the sadness grows

You know I'd operate with this knife

And cut a big fat giant hole

To fill, fill with gold and light

There's an endless battle to be won

And me, I ain't a man with an educated mind

And soon you won't have the strength to carry on

So you scream about it in the night

Oh, in the night

In the night

Oh, in the night

My 18 karat gold

It fills a dirty hole

A dirty bleeding hole in my heart

You people think it's made from circumstances at home

Well, if someone ever should be pulling your hair

Then I guess you should leave them alone

And now you want me to read your mind

And release that stone

That stone in your heart where the sadness grows

You know I'd operate with this knife

And cut a big fat giant hole

To fill, fill with gold and light

But there's an endless battle to be won

Me, I ain't a man with an educated mind

And soon you won't have the strength to carry on

So you scream about it in the night

There's an endless battle to be won

I ain't a man with an educated mind

And you won't have the strength to carry on

So you scream about it in the night

Oh, in the night

Oh, in the night

In the night