Pretty Things

　　Pretty Things-Gretchen Peters

　　I knew a girl who said that beauty kills

　　dulled the pain with wine and pills

　　took that slow ride down the hill to nowhere

　　she said Pompeii crumbled and Athens fell

　　heathens stormed the citadel

　　a girl like me ain’t got a chance in hell against ‘em

　　oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin

　　rained three days, when we awoke

　　sun came out and the levee broke

　　like some cruel and cosmic joke God’s playing

　　now I don’t pretend that I believe

　　I know there ain’t no guarantees

　　still morning finds me on my knees and praying

　　oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin

　　come the flood you build an ark

　　come the night you curse the dark

　　inside your broken heart you bear the crosses

　　some of us have got it made

　　some of us have more than paid

　　but we’re all marching in this slow parade of losses

　　oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin

　　oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin

　　oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin