sally threw down on the table
the boots she found in the stable
rexford couldn't look at the boots
reason forfeits
jumps down the chutes

rexford tried for consolation
sally brought intimidation
the sentence wouldn't be so bad
if the boots weren't sally's dad's

unconvincingly
she says, "c'est la vie"

headlights pointed at power lines
silence as max and kathy dine
facetious bets and cigarettes
are as intimate as it gets

kathy drops her fork on purpose
so max bends to make it worth it
max is sick of kathy's complaints
so he leaves her with her restraints

unconvincingly
he says, "c'est la vie"

hard rainfall makes the seas wetter
you could stand to treat me better
a pistol and a pedigree
a man who speaks better than me

the threat in your eye you fancy
quietly waits to replace me
it could be to blame i suppose
for why we kiss with our eyes closed

unconvincingly
i say, "c'est la vie"

a pistol
a pedigree
a man who speaks better than me