Story Behind The Song
The song more or less wrote itself. It began as a thought about how some feelings are best described in a physical way...eg "she hit me with the way she looked" and the blurring of pleasure and pain in some relationships. Sounds a bit pretentious but actually it's quite a simple song.
Song Description
As above ...." hand me down that old suitcase"
| Song Length |
4:37 |
Genre |
Jazz - Swing, Country - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving |
Subject |
Change, Searching for Love |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
She hit me with the way she looked
She floored me with her smile
She blew my mind with the things she said
And shook me for while
She mothered me she smothered me
Brought tears to my eyes
A blink of an eye, no word of goodbye
And she's gone.
Blue days, blue days dragging me down
Hand me down that old suitcase
It's another girl, another town
She bit my tongue she scratched my back
She took my breath away
She broke my spine, she made me blind
What more can I say
She denied me, she defiled me
And teased me with her ways
Sucked me dry, no tears left to cry
And she's gone.
(chorus)
She cut me down with the things she said
Twisted in the knife
Bruised my body black and blue
And buried me alive
She sampled me, she trampled on me
And walked right through my life
Nobody hurting, the final curtain
And she's gone..