there's a lipstick sunset
smeared across the august sky
there's a bitter sweet perfume
hanging in the fields
the creek is running high
and i left my lover waiting
in the dawn somewhere to wonder why
by the end of the day
all her sweet dreams would fade
to a lipstick sunset
well
a radio was playing
and that ol' summer heat was on the rise
i just had to get away
before some sad old song
brought tears to my eyes
and lord i couldn't tell her
that her love was only killing me
by the end of the day
all her sweet dreams would fade
to a lipstick sunset
well it's pretty as a picture baby
red and blushing just before the night
maybe love's like that for me
maybe i can only see
as you take away the light
so hold me in the darkness
we can dream about the cool twilight
'til the dawning of the day
when i make my getaway
to a lipstick sunset
there will come another day
when i make my getaway
to a lipstick sunset
there will come another day
then i'll make my getaway
to a lipstick sunset