Coughing Colors Lyrics - Singles - Tilly And The Wall

She homed with thieves 

Kicked up dirty leaves 

She was a maniac 

No one's heart attack 

She got around 

Slept on the bad side of town 

She was cooler than you 

Way cooler than me 

She was true 

All blinded and bruised 

She didn't give a fuck 

No, she had given up 

She was alive 

She was caught on fire 

She was everything 

She was all of this 

She opened up and laid it all right there 

She said, I don't mind 

No, no I don't care 

I'll help you shovel out my shallow hole 

And I know, I know they're threatening 

But at least we're not the ones carrying 

Such heavy, heavy, heavy stoning stones 

And yeah, I know they'll get you down 

They'll do you in and they'll drag it out 

'Cause me and you, we are one of a kind 

She liked to lose 

Never wore Sunday shoes 

She found her luck in wells 

And corner stores and jails 

She was crazy 

A downtown kind of baby 

Always dangerous 

She got me down on my knees 

She made it rain 

She called the wind and then it came 

Oh, with the wave of a hand 

She brought the sunshine right in 

She was the sky 

Beyond steeple and the choir 

Oh, the preacher's amen 

His hallelujah child 

She opened up and laid it all right there 

She said, I don't mind, no, no I don't care 

I'll help you shovel out my shallow hole 

And I know, I know they are threatening 

But at least we're not the ones carrying 

Such heavy, heavy, heavy stoning stones 

So when your bones are broke and you're all alone 

And the fog's so thick you can't see up close 

Just know that I will end up strangled too 

And when the floods they come all rushing in 

And the boat is full and you can't get in 

Oh, it's okay if you don't want to swim 

And when you're swallowed up, oh, don't you cry 

Just give right in, don't you try to fight 

'Cause baby, I wouldn't pay no mind 

There's nothing you can do 

They'll have you coughing up your colors 

They'll have you coughing up your colors 

They'll have you coughing up your colors 

They'll have you coughing up your colors 

She sang the blues out of time and out of tune 

Spoke no silver spoon, only simple truths 

She was a friend, stabbed backs and broke plans 

She would give you her coat or put nails through your hand 

She was wise, full magic and life 

Oh, you could see it in her eyes 

Oh, yeah, I saw it in his eyes 

She was more than this 

Ya, way more than this 

She was everything 

She was all of this