Courtesans Lyrics - Distortion - The Magnetic Fields

Well, courtesans shed no tears 

When you leave them high and dry 

They just go on, they just go on 

To the next guy 

'Cause courtesans only want 

Compensation for their time 

A few kind words, a few kind words 

They need not rhyme 

A sable coat, maybe a hat 

Oh, I wish I could be like that 

But courtesans are not like me 

They don't take love very hard 

Their hearts are free, their hearts are free 

How avant-garde 

If no one loves them when they're old 

They'll sit and count their chains of gold 

You say you'll love them till you die 

And they don't care if it's a lie 

'Cause courtesans don't believe 

In anybody but themselves 

And Santa Claus, and Santa Claus 

And his twelve elves