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She took the petals from the bougainvillea
growing outside my window
Sent 'em off in an old shoebox
to a bullfighter in Tampico
He must have promised her lots of gold
and that he'd stay with her forever
If I had the nerve to say one single word
my love could be that good or better

I can't believe she wants me to read
the words for him she's written
Can't she see my tortured heart
and the scars where I've been bitten

There's a sadness in the light
Which way should we be turning?
Our roots are all tangled now
and we left the stages burning

I don't know how she's able to sleep
with a friction big enough for thunder
and the way she acts
like there's nothing to hide
really makes me wonder

I haven't felt a woman in so long
it's a little scary
She fills my room up
with the smell of God
and I'm a missionary

Have we come to far to use each other
With love I'm apprehensive
We live in such different worlds
that I question my own incentive

There's a sadness in the light
Which way should we be turning?
our roots are all tangled now
We left the stages
Oh we left them burning
Stages burning

She took the petals from the bougainvillea
growing outside my window
Sent them off
Sent them off
oh oh
The night's so cold, I'm walking with a limp
from the backyard to the ocean
She might come back someday
if she don't change her notion

There's a sadness in the light
Which way should we be turning?
Our roots are all tangled now
We left the stages oh
We left them burning
Yeah we left them burning
Stages burning

Stages burning
burning
burning burning burning
burning