Pretty Things

I knew a girl who said that beauty kills
 Dulled the pain with wine and pills
 Took that slow ride down the hill to nowhere
 She said Pompeii crumbled and Athens fell
 Heathens stormed the citadel
 A girl like me ain't got a chance in hell against 'em
 Oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin
 Rained three days, when we awoke
 Sun came out and the levee broke
 Like some cruel and cosmic joke God's playing
 Now I don't pretend that I believe
 I know there ain't no guarantees
 Still morning finds me on my knees and praying
 Oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin
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 Come the flood you build an ark
 Come the night you curse the dark
 Inside your broken heart you bear the crosses
 Some of us have got it made
 Some of us have more than paid
 But we're all marching in this slow parade of losses
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 Oh pretty things, pretty things gone to ruin