Real Tears for Sale - Marillion

Such a pretty girl

The anger didn’t hide it

You shaved your head, pulled a face

Dressed yourself up without grace

It didn’t hide a lifetime’s damage

It didn’t hide a lifetime’s fears

Against your better judgement

You put your whole self up for sale

The horror show when you were young

We couldn’t wait to hear about it

But even whores

Don’t kiss with tongues

Nonetheless I do believe

You cry real tears

Real tears for sale

Real tears for sale

Real tears for sale

Real tears for sale

The wrong side of a lifetime’s drinking

It’s where it seems I’m coming from

I took my demons by the hand

Bent them, twisted them

Until they scanned and rhymed

And I took your love

And all the hurt inside

Laid it out on the market stall

Agony at a knockdown price

Reduced to clear is what I cry

The wrong side of a lifetime’s wishful thinking

Dragged me here to pills and ale

Come and listen

Come and listen to my tale

Come and get it

Real tears for sale

Real tears for sale

Real tears for sale

Real tears for sale

All the hurt

All the secrets

All the damage

All the shame

All the dirty absolutions

All the rage

All the rage

All the rage