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The Honey Won't Soothe the Sting

from Songs From the Show by Alacartoona

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lover, i'm leaving
you'd better believe me, i'm going to go
don't start your confessing
don't try to undress me, you're late for your show
the music is playing
the newspapers say that you're the queen
the curtain is rising
it doesn't surprise me i'm cut from the scene

it won't work this time
you can keep the ring
it won't work this time
the honey won't soothe the sting
the honey won't soothe the sting

lover, i'm praying
you'll beg me to stay then give my your heart
but lover, i'm learning
at first it might burn but then falls apart
the house is buzzing
then it fades how it does when the lights start to dim
in the darkness i'm bumbling
i trip and i stumble on love once again

it won't work this time
you can keep the ring
it won't work this time
the honey won't soothe the sting
the honey won't soothe the sting
the honey won't soothe the sting

you buzz 'round the money
while you lie in our bed
you feed sugar to strangers
who you ahead
your poison is golden
my love is bright red
and my heart pumps them both through my veins
that's why your honey won't soothe the sting
this time your honey just won't soothe the sting

lover, i'm leaving
you'd better believe me
here i go
don't start your confessing
don't try to undress me
you're late for your show (i'm late for my show)

it won't work this time
give me back my ring (i don't want your ring)
it won't work this time
the honey won't soothe the sting
the honey won't soothe the sting
the honey won't soothe the sting
the honey won't soothe the sting

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from Songs From the Show, released April 21, 2005
Words, music: Hankel

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Alacartoona Kansas City, Missouri

Alacartoona's stage show is a visual extension of their all-original songbook. Utilizing a stripped down ensemble of accordion, bass, and drums, with the occasional guitar or brass, they bring to life vivid tales of love and loss, of bedrooms and back alleys, of the solitude and the camaraderie of sex, drugs and cabaret. ... more

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