Piroska's Blue Dress

[Verse 1]
Piroska in a blue dress
Leaning in the doorway
2 a.m
Ashtray full of half truths
Coffee gone cold again
You said you'd just be passing
You’ve been passing here for years
Lipstick on my teacups
Fingerprints on all my fears

[Chorus]
Blues
Piroska
You paint my kitchen red
You leave your earrings in my bedroom
But you never share the bed
Blues
Piroska
You laugh and then you cry
You say you’re staying till the sunrise
Then you beat the sun goodbye

[Verse 2]
You dance with your own shadow
On these crooked wooden floors
Tell me that you love me
Then you’re reaching for the door
You hum a tune from childhood
I can’t place it
But it stings
Like a letter never opened
Like a bird that never sings

[Chorus]
Blues
Piroska
You paint my kitchen red
You leave your earrings in my bedroom
But you never share the bed
Blues
Piroska
You laugh and then you cry
You say you’re staying till the sunrise
Then you beat the sun goodbye

[Bridge]
Maybe I’m your station
Where you change your weary shoes
Maybe you’re the season
And I’m just yesterday’s news
But every time you knock here
With that same sad little smile
I let you in
I lose again
And love you for a while (oh, for a while)

[Chorus]
Blues
Piroska
You paint my kitchen red
You leave your earrings in my bedroom
But you never share the bed
Blues
Piroska
You’re the ache I can’t deny
Come and stay till the next lifetime
Then still tell me goodbye