Some Will Rake the Coals

A perfect stranger might could make you smile
Might could take your mind off your despair for half a while
But time moves quickly, strangers look like friends
Friends might fall in love and perfect strangers might pretend

And so it happens
Take a look around
Some will rake the coals
Some will burn the wedding gown

The sad romantics failed to grasp the world
Failed to recognize there ain't no perfect boy or girl
And so keep fumblin' feeling incomplete
Making love and breaking hearts and searchin' on the street

And so it happens
Just take a look around
Some will rake the coals
Some will burn the wedding gown

And look at me, or maybe don't now
Hey yeah, look at me, or maybe don't now
Look at me, look at me, or maybe don't now
Hey yeah, look at me, or maybe don't now

Charlie Chaplin had to realize
18 Year old Oona made a golden final prize
And Warren Beatty must have gotten scared
When Madonna made him finally see that he'd lost some hair

And so it happens
Take a look around
Some will rake the coals
Some will burn the wedding gown

Some will rake the coals
Some will burn the wedding gown