Song Description
A contemplative reflection on the futility of trusting things that often bring us joy - the wind, the sun, rain, and most of all, love
Lyric winner of the USA Songwriting Competition
| Song Length |
3:08 |
Genre |
Folk - Americana, Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Depressing, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Heartbreak, Regret |
| Similar Artists |
Jesse Colin Young, Lyle Lovett |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Cheap As A Kiss
Michael R. J. Roth & Eric Ramsey
I don't trust the wind
It caresses like a lover
Then slaps you in the face
Knocks you over in disgust
You think you'll fly away someplace
But it treats you just like dust
I don't trust the wind
I don't trust the sun
They'll find your bones and scattered clothes
Where the wind has blown them
In the dust of desert mornings
You went looking for the light
You didn't know where you were goin'
Chorus:
Love's cheap as a kiss
As blood left on the cotton
Fog on a wounded night
Alibis of the misbegotten
No one knows what love is
Till it walks off in the mist
And you are left forgotten
I don't trust the rain
You pray for it to wash away
Your conscience and your shame
As if it cared about your pain
Until you see the flood of ruin
You don't know what rain can do
Chorus:
Love's cheap as a kiss
As blood left on the cotton
Fog on a wounded night
Alibis of the misbegotten
No one knows what love is
Till it walks off in the mist
And you are left forgotten