A Dagger Through the Heart of St. Angeles

Lyrics

[Verse: George Pettit] Plaid skirts that hide love Walk in single file Ties that restrict Blood to the brain [Chorus: George Pettit] Passing notes in math class Freedom, wear your scars of desire It's a coming-of-age story Freedom, wear your scars of desire Conflicting impulses Freedom, wear your scars of desire Cuts seem to bend the sky Bend the sky (Bend the sky) I've read this book before [Post-Chorus: George Pettit] Anxious eyes stare out of warped glass Waiting for the 3 o'clock bell [Bridge: George Pettit] I'm trying hard to forget that cold October day When Love challenged Freedom to a fistfight Freedom looked victorious But no one was expecting the outcome on that baseball diamond When Love reached beneath her plaid jumper and drew out a switchblade And drove it directly through the heart of St. Angeles [Outro: George Pettit & Dallas Green] Go Any notion of self-government was left By Love bleeding on the pitcher's mound You're scaring me (So you say you're scaring me) And bleeding on the pitcher's mound (And you won't be there to catch me) Proud Love on the