The Talk (Acoustic) - South Of Eden

Blood-red lipstick painted on Lightin' up another sundown cigarette Cameras ready, curtains strung Lights are on, the stage is set Blindin' diamonds can't keep shinin' on your stolen crown Sooner or later, we all know that plastic castles all fall down I saw you fakin' a smile, take a lap in your gown Lovin' yourself when there's no one around Are you the talk of the town now? Are you the talk of the town now? And when you're sittin' alone, take a look at you now You see your reflection, is it makin' you proud? Are you the talk of the town now? Are you the talk of the town now? Are you the talk of the town? Are you the talk of the town? Mornin' after headache hits Still no sign of last night's ghost at home Is this what livin' really is? Can't give away yourself if you want to be known I saw you fakin' a smile, take a lap in your gown Lovin' yourself when there's no one around Are you the talk of the town now? Are you the talk of the town now? And when you're sittin' alone, take a look at you now You see your reflection, is it makin' you proud? Are you the talk of the town now? Are you the talk of the town now? Hey, are you the talk of the town? Yeah Are you the talk of the town now? Are you the talk of the town now? Blindin' diamonds can't keep shinin' on your stolen crown Sooner or later, we all know that plastic castles all fall down I saw you fakin' I saw you fakin' a smile, take a lap in your gown Lovin' yourself when there's no one around Are you the talk of the town now? Are you the talk of the town now? And when you're sittin' alone, take a look at you now You see your reflection, is it makin' you proud? Are you the talk of the town now? Are you the talk of the town now? Are you the talk of the town? Yeah Are you the talk of the town now? Yeah, yeah Are you the talk of the town? Are you the talk of the town now? Whoa Are you the talk of the town? Are you the talk of the town?

I want to be where the talk of the town Is about last night when the sun went down And the trees all dance And the warm wind blows in that same old sound And the water below gives a gift to the sky And the clouds give back every time they cry And make the grass grow green beneath my toes And if the sun comes out I'll paint a picture all about The colors I've been dreaming of The hours just don't seem enough To put it all together Maybe it's as strange as it seems And the trouble I find is that the trouble finds me It's a part of my mind it begins with a dream And a feeling I get when I look and I see That this world is a puzzle, I'll find all of the pieces And put it all together, and then I'll rearrange it I'll follow it forever Always be as strange as it seems Nobody ever told me not to try And the water below gives a gift to the sky And the clouds give back every time they cry And make the grass grow green beneath my toes And if the sun comes out I'm going to paint a picture all about The colors I've been dreaming of The hours just don't seem enough To put it all together Always be as strange as it seems

I caught sight of my reflection I caught it in the window I saw the darkness in my heart I saw the signs of my undoing They had been there from the start And the darkness still has work to do The knotted chord's untying The heated and the holy Oh they're sitting there on high So secure, with everything they're buying In the blood of Eden Lie the woman and the man With the man in the woman And the woman in the man In the blood of Eden Lie the woman and the man We wanted the union Oh the union of the woman The woman and the man My grip is surely slipping I think I've lost my hold Yes I think I've lost my hold I cannot get insurance anymore They don't take credit, only gold Is that a dagger or a crucifix I see? You hold so tightly in your hand And all the while, the distance grows between you and me I do not understand In the blood of Eden Lie the woman and the man With the man in the woman And the woman in the man In the blood of Eden Lie the woman and the man We wanted the union Oh the union of the woman The woman and the man At my request you take me in In that tenderness, I am floating away No certainty, nothing to rely on Holding still for a moment What a moment this is A moment of forgetting A moment of bliss, oh I can hear the distant thunder Of a million unheard souls Of a million unheard souls Watch each one reach for creature comfort For the filling of their holes In the blood of Eden Lie the woman and the man With the man in the woman And the woman in the man In the blood of Eden Lie the woman and the man We wanted the union of the woman and the man Blood of Eden comes running through me Running through my veins Blood of Eden comes rushing through me 'Til I'm sure that there's none that remains Blood of Eden comes running through me Running through my veins Blood of Eden comes rushing through me 'Til I'm sure that there's none that remains In the blood of Eden We have done everything we can In the blood of Eden So we end as we bagan With the man in the woman And the woman in the man It was all for the union Oh the union of the woman The woman and the man Oh, thank you I was gonna guess that but- And it's gonna be waiting in the album a little longer Because this one is actually called Red Rain