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You should wear your red galoshes
You should wear your red galoshes<br>
 
Walking o'er the city pride<br>
Walking o'er the city pride
Streets are paved with heaven's pennies<br>
 
Gutters full of suicides<br>
Streets are paved with heaven's pennies
<br>
 
Teddy steadily fell from grace<br>
Gutters full of suicides
Somewhere near Arcadia<br>
 
Once she overheard a voice<br>
 
That she didn't hear on the radio<br>
 
<br>
Teddy steadily fell from grace
Velvet gloves and country clubs<br>
 
Were never going to hold her<br>
Somewhere near Arcadia
Ringing the necks of silly<br>
 
Southern belles<br>
Once she overheard a voice
Who wanted to scold her<br>
 
<br>
That she didn't hear on the radio
Don't bring me down<br>
 
I'm trouble bound<br>
 
Blue song<br>
 
Red Alert<br>
Velvet gloves and country clubs
Who made Stella Hurt?<br>
 
<br>
Were never going to hold her
Teddy soon dropped out of sight<br>
 
Turned up in another town<br>
Ringing the necks of silly
Changed her name for the spotlight<br>
 
Singing like a blue bird in a sequin gown<br>
Southern belles
<br>
 
She finally fell and married well<br>
Who wanted to scold her
But I knew it wouldn't last<br>
 
Reversing back into the limelight<br>
 
No one ever saw her even half-plastered<br>
 
<br>
Don't bring me down
Don't bring me down<br>
 
I'm trouble bound<br>
I'm trouble bound
Blue song<br>
 
Red Alert<br>
Blue song
Who made Stella Hurt?<br>
 
<br>
Red Alert
Then she saw those soldier boys<br>
 
Throw their bonnets in the air<br>
Who made Stella Hurt?
Self-made men would pledge their fortunes<br>
 
And dream of her<br>
 
And dream of her...<br>
 
<br>
Teddy soon dropped out of sight
Generals in the commissary opened up a case of wine<br>
 
Checked the perfume of the cork<br>
Turned up in another town
Said "Made in 1929"...<br>
 
<br>
Changed her name for the spotlight
They used her up, to raise morale for money<br>
 
And Old Glory<br>
Singing like a blue bird in a sequin gown
Her voice was shot beyond repair <br>
 
But this is not the last act of this story<br>
 
<br>
 
The night is black as cracked shellac<br>
She finally fell and married well
Abandoned in an attic<br>
 
Stella is silent as the grave<br>
But I knew it wouldn't last
Until the needle drags her through the static<br>
 
<br>
Reversing back into the limelight
Don't bring me down<br>
 
I'm trouble bound<br>
No one ever saw her even half-plastered
Blue song<br>
 
Red Alert<br>
 
Who made Stella Hurt?<br>
 
Don't bring me down
 
I'm trouble bound
 
Blue song
 
Red Alert
 
Who made Stella Hurt?
 
 
 
Then she saw those soldier boys
 
Throw their bonnets in the air
 
Self-made men would pledge their fortunes
 
And dream of her
 
And dream of her...
 
 
 
Generals in the commissary opened up a case of wine
 
Checked the perfume of the cork
 
Said "Made in 1929"...
 
 
 
They used her up, to raise morale for money
 
And Old Glory
 
Her voice was shot beyond repair  
 
But this is not the last act of this story
 
 
 
The night is black as cracked shellac
 
Abandoned in an attic
 
Stella is silent as the grave
 
Until the needle drags her through the static
 
 
 
Don't bring me down
 
I'm trouble bound
 
Blue song
 
Red Alert
 
Who made Stella Hurt?

Revision as of 03:40, 20 April 2009

You should wear your red galoshes
Walking o'er the city pride
Streets are paved with heaven's pennies
Gutters full of suicides

Teddy steadily fell from grace
Somewhere near Arcadia
Once she overheard a voice
That she didn't hear on the radio

Velvet gloves and country clubs
Were never going to hold her
Ringing the necks of silly
Southern belles
Who wanted to scold her

Don't bring me down
I'm trouble bound
Blue song
Red Alert
Who made Stella Hurt?

Teddy soon dropped out of sight
Turned up in another town
Changed her name for the spotlight
Singing like a blue bird in a sequin gown

She finally fell and married well
But I knew it wouldn't last
Reversing back into the limelight
No one ever saw her even half-plastered

Don't bring me down
I'm trouble bound
Blue song
Red Alert
Who made Stella Hurt?

Then she saw those soldier boys
Throw their bonnets in the air
Self-made men would pledge their fortunes
And dream of her
And dream of her...

Generals in the commissary opened up a case of wine
Checked the perfume of the cork
Said "Made in 1929"...

They used her up, to raise morale for money
And Old Glory
Her voice was shot beyond repair
But this is not the last act of this story

The night is black as cracked shellac
Abandoned in an attic
Stella is silent as the grave
Until the needle drags her through the static

Don't bring me down
I'm trouble bound
Blue song
Red Alert
Who made Stella Hurt?