Diamonds and Pearls (Explicit)

Diamonds and Pearls - Sage Francis

Surprising the world with diamonds and pearls

But a song about a girl ain't really about a girl

Got a two-way vanity mirror I'm an amity villain

With a peeping Tom complex

You're just a soul collector

You keep putting 'em in a trash bag

You push 'em in a shopping cart

Go and act sad

When there's none left to collect

So you go on and you make more

But wait what you lose them to the state for

The next time you see me

It'll be through plexiglass

There ain't no bail outs in this jail house

Ain't no more petty cash

Easy come easy go

A penny saved a penny earned

And I've learned life is clich

One of these days you get what you deserve

Surprising the world with diamonds and pearls

But a song about a girl ain't really about a girl

Got a 2-way vanity mirror

Firing a blind eye I turn from an 800-pound gorilla

In the midst of misdirected anger

False blood can run thinner than icy water

Watch the fang-banger

Flirt with the Death-star

I cried by your bedside

Decided right then and there to pretend you were alive

Maybe baby lie to me invade my privacy

Have the decency to say bye after taking the pride

Domestic piracy

You ran out of family plunder

And launch pads to crash

So when you're done playing dumb empty the trash

We're looking for our lives back

We wish we could have saved yours

There's nothing we can buy back

Cause everything was paid off

I found you in a pawn shop

You were stuck behind a glass case

I watched as the cost dropped

Puppy dog sad face

Put a down payment on my meal plan

Just to see your sh*t eating grin

Save the frown for when you need to shed your skin

Selling b******t shells to yourself

The layers are coming off

Economic failed professional victim of sale cutting costs

Charity case don't ask me to donate

You axe murdered your soul mate

My back's hurting from an tax burden

Pull your own weight

A punching bag for hire

Every minute there's a sucker bet

So what's the over and under you'll rise up from the debt

With the complexion of a ghost

The resurrection was a hoax

But 2000 years later it's like nobody knows

If you think you're slick enough

To turn a trick and spin the story

Just cause Jesus is your fair-weather pimp

And you caught me praying with my fingers crossed

So I shuffled up the deck

Is this the card that you picked

Well if not how about this

Missionary ain't a job its a position so assume

It's a victimless crime watch dog has an owner thats abusive

Now isnt that ironic With one hand in my pocket

And the other choking out the street corner prophet

Uncrossed my fingers and said

"Look at me when I'm talking dear

I ain't mad at you and thats the only miracle here"

I ain't mad at you

I'm surprising the world with diamonds and pearls

But a song about a girl ain't really about a girl