Shades of Scarlett Conquering

[Verse 1]

Out of the fire like Catholic saints

Comes Scarlett and her deep complaint

Mimicking tenderness she sees

In sentimental movies

[Verse 2]

A celluloid rider comes to town

Cinematic lovers sway

Plantations and sweeping ballroom gowns

Take her breath away

[Verse 3]

Out in the wind in crinolines

Chasing the ghosts of Gable and Flynn

Through stand-in boys and extra players

Magnolias hopeful in her auburn hair

[Verse 4]

She comes from a school of southern charm

She likes to have things her way

Any man in the world holding out his arm

Would soon be made to pay

[Verse 5]

Friends have told her not so proud

Neighbors trying to sleep and yelling "not so loud"

Lovers in anger "block of ice"

Harder and harder just to be nice

[Verse 6]

Given in the night to dark dreams

From the dark things she feels

She covers her eyes in the X-Rated scenes

Running from the reels

[Verse 7]

Beauty and madness to be praised

'Cause it is not easy to be brave

To walk around in so much need

To carry the weight of all that greed

[Verse 8]

Dressed in stolen clothes she stands

Cast iron and frail

With her impossibly gentle hands

And her blood-red fingernails

[Outro]

Out of the fire and still smoldering

She says "A woman must have everything"

Shades of Scarlett conquering

She says "A woman must have everything"