Machine Songtext
von Lilly Hiatt

Learned to mix a drink at eleven years
Learned to keep ′em sorry with them fake pearl tears
And wild little runaway lipstick
Lowlife tiger by a swagger
Gonna make a pretty housewife
Haven't called the trailer since you hitched that ride
Clicking off your daddy as he wailed inside
Watched a shooting star burn a hole in the dirt
You were just laughing in a cut off shirt

Sometimes you feel it when you′re scrubbing off your makeup
And sometimes you feel it first thing when you wake up
To think you started out as someone's little girl
It's a mean, machine, this lonely world


There was beauty in the bible when you were a babe
There was light in the kitchen before seventh grade
You saw a little victory in the golden rule
Damn all the kids in the new high school
′Cause they started looking at you like he once did
The less you come to know straight from the crib
You never heard the truth is gonna get you high
And all those other girls were just so dry

Sometimes you feel it when you′re scrubbing off your makeup
And sometimes you feel it first thing when you wake up
To think you started out as someone's little girl
It′s a mean, machine, this lonely world

Still mixing more than drinks these last few years
Still find some sort of link with them fake pearl tears
Never caught your tiger but you're sure he′s waiting
You got some heat but your fire is fading
Gonna make the call, you're gonna walk away
Same old stuff you pulled out yesterday
Well honey it′s a blessing and a curse you know it
Your lips are shut but your ass is showing

Sometimes you feel it when you're scrubbing off your makeup
And sometimes you feel it first thing when you wake up
To think you started out as someone's little girl
It′s a mean, machine, this lonely world