Braille

[Verse 1] She was lying on the floor and counting stretch marks She hadn't been a virgin and he hadn't been a god So she named the baby, "Elvis" To make up for the royalty he lacked [Chorus] And from then on, it was turpentine and patches From then on, it was cold Campbell's from the can And they were just two jerks playing with matches 'Cause that's all they knew how to play, hey [Verse 2] And it was raining cats and dogs outside of her window And she knew they'd be destined to become sacred roadkill on the way And she was listening to the sound of heaven shaking Thinking about poodles and puddles, and mistakes [Chorus] 'Cause it's been turpentine and patches It's been cold, cold Campbell's from the can And they were just two jerks playing with matches 'Cause that's all they knew how to play, hey La-la-la-la-la, nah-nah, uh, what they What they knew how to play Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh [Verse 3] Elvis never could carry a tune She thought about this irony as she stared back at the moon She was tracing her years with her fingers on her skin Saying, "Well, why don't I begin again With turpentine and patches? With cold, cold Campbell's from the can? After all, I'm still a jerk playing with matches It's just that he's not around to play along Yeah, I'm still an asshole, playing with candles Blowing out wishes, blowing out dreams Just sitting here and trying to decipher, well What's written in braille upon my skin" La-la-la-la-la, nah-nah, uh, all this skin Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh [Outro] She was lying on the floor and counting stretch She was lying on the floor and counting stretch She was lying on the floor, l-l-lying, l-l-la-la, lying And counting stretch