Pretty Little Things Lyrics - The Crane Wives

I once loved a man 

Who was all lips and hands, 

Cracked lips and hands, 

Calloused hands. 

I still feel his touch 

Against my skin; 

Past loves linger like 

Phantom limbs 

I'll cut straight to the heart: 

I don't believe 

The pretty little things that you say. 

I've heard a lot of little pretty things. 

Don't buy me flowers, 

It pains me to watch 

Pretty little things wilt away 

Pretty little things wilt away 

Pretty little things wilt away 

There are lessons in life 

No one should have to learn, 

But trust is now something 

I make people earn. 

So I'm not inclined 

To just give it away 

To a pair of blue eyes 

With some nice things to say 

I'll cut straight to the heart: 

I don't believe 

The pretty little things that you say. 

I've heard a lot of little pretty things. 

Don't buy me flowers, 

It pains me to watch 

Pretty little things wilt away 

Pretty little things wilt away 

Pretty little things wilt away 

I know a trick to make a man's color show: 

If he sees something he wants, 

Tell him no 

Maybe you're right, 

Maybe I have been used up 

By another man's hungry hands. 

Maybe you're right, 

Maybe I have been ruined 

For all other men after him. 

But maybe I'm the one who's right. 

Maybe you have proven why 

Women like me 

Never fall for pretty little things 

I'll cut straight to the heart: 

I don't believe 

The pretty little things that you say. 

I've heard a lot of little pretty things. 

Don't buy me flowers 

It pains me to watch 

Pretty little things wilt away 

Pretty little things wilt away 

Pretty little things wilt away