lipstick sunset

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