Stella Hurt

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You should wear your red galoshes Walking over the city pride Streets are paved with heaven's pennies Gutters full of suicides [Verse 2] Teddy steadily fell from grace Somewhere near Arcadia Once she overheard a voice She didn't hear on the radio [Verse 3] Velvet gloves and country clubs Were never going to hold her Ringing the necks of silly southern belles Who wanted to scold her [Chorus] Don't bring me down I'm trouble bound Blue song, red alert Who made Stella hurt? [Verse 4] Teddy soon dropped out of sight Turned up in another town Changed her name for the spotlight Singing like a blue bird in a sequin gown [Verse 5] She finally fell and married well But I knew it wouldn't last Reversing back into the limelight No one ever saw her even half-plastered [Chorus] Don't bring me down I'm trouble bound Blue song, red alert Who made Stella hurt? [Bridge] Then she saw those soldier boys Throw their bonnets in the air Self-made men would pledge their fortunes And dream of her, and dream of her [Instrumental Break] [Verse 6] Generals in the commissary Opened up a case of wine Checked the perfume of the cork Said "Made in 1929" [Verse 7] They used her up to raise morale For money and Old Glory Her voice was shot beyond repair But this is not the last act of this story [Verse 8] The night is black as cracked shellac Abandoned in an attic Stella is silent as the grave Until the needle drags her through the static [Chorus] Don't bring me down I'm trouble bound Blue song, red alert Who made Stella hurt?