Shawn Colvin - Seven Times The Charm lyrics

The first rose to rise up in the ruins of the flood You brought me down like a hawk to your glove But a poor girl is made out of sorrow and blood Some hearts survive but mine isn't one And we go once down the aisle Twice 'round the stars You had all the persuasion of a snake on my arm And seven times the charm My dreams grew like feathers and fell all at once Much too heavy but never enough To lay down beside you and cover you up Only God should deserve so much love And we go once down the aisle Twice 'round the stars You had all of the gleam of the j**els on my arm And seven times the charm The same way the earth moves under you like it does And swallows the light of the sun I didn't feel you turning didn't know what it was But the rains had already begun I never once saw you smile As I pulled you into my arms You had none of the kindness and all of the harm And seven times the charm