Tanqueray

She mainly had eyes for the summer

Though native to cold mountain air

She was a midnight runner

Never belonged anywhere

A war going on in a seashell

Searching for a place to belong

Living out her last days in a basement apartment

With the curtains drawn

And I said, "It'd be a shame if we

Didn't take some time to see"

Tanqueray on your lips then mine

Tattoo of cheap red wine

Tracing the smile on your face

Tanqueray

Can I meet you one town over so my ex-husband doesn’t see?

That'd be just the thing to get him riled up, goin' 'round

Makin' all sorts of new trouble for me

And I just, I just couldn't leave you

Alone there, lost in some little town

So I said, "Give your heart a shake and come with me now"

Tanqueray on your lips then mine

Tattoo of cheap red wine

Tracing the smile on your face

Tanqueray

Oh, Tanqueray

Tanqueray

There in the blur of a brand new love

Stood all that were still holdin' on to

What we deserved and what we believed all along

And I said, "It'd be a shame if we

Didn't find some way to be"

Tanqueray on your lips then mine

Tattoo of cheap red wine

Tracing the smile on your face

Tanqueray, heaven high in the pine

Take a photo for another time

Should we forget how we feel

Oh, Tanqueray

Tanqueray

Oh, Tanqueray