Miss Madeline (3 Ways To Love Her) - Lyrics - Jackie Greene

Madeline’s naked, alone on her bed She’s rotting herself to the core Nobody knows what goes on in her head Nobody cares anymore She used to be young; a child of the sun, Now she’s searching the floor… And there’s one, two, three ways to love her But one way to get through her door Madeline’s lonely, she’s dying of thirst She’s trying her best to be free She says that she’s sure that her soul has been cursed Maybe just a little like me She listens to voices; making her choices Living a life she believes… And there’s one, two, three ways to love her But one way is all that I see Madeline’s makeup is smeared on her face She looks like she’s been burned in a fire With her switchblade eyes and gun-metal grace, She walks with her toes to the wire Well the world keeps turning, her candles keep burning Their flickering flame of desire… And there’s one, two, three ways to love her But one way to make you a liar Madeline’s breathing her breath in the air She circles the block once or twice The cold winter wind has frozen her hair But she won’t take no advice And she don’t mind the pain, she calls it by name Let go your virtue, your vice… And there’s one, two, three ways to love her But one way to tumble the dice Madeline’s desperate, she’s lost in the crowd She’s somebody nobody would know She walks with a purpose, so tall and so proud But I know she’s got no place to go She tried like a train, to get out of the rain But froze in the ice and the snow… And there’s one, two, three ways to love her But one way is all that I know