She homed with thieves, kicked up dirty leaves 
she was a maniac, no one's heart attack 
she got around, slept on the bad side of town 
she was cooler than you, way cooler than me 
she was [bad word]  all blinded and [bad word] 
she didn't give a [bad word]  no, she had given up 

She was alive 
she was caught on fire 
she was everything 
she was all of this 

She opened up and laid it all right there 
she said, "no, I don't mind, no, no I don't care 
I'll help you shovel out my shallow hole 
and I know, I know they're threatening 
but at least we're not the ones carrying 
such heavy, heavy, heavy stoning stones 

And yeah, I know they'll get you down 
they'll do you in and they'll drag it out 
'cause me and you, we are one of a kind," 

She liked to lose, never wore sunday shoes 
she found her luck in wells and corner stores and jails 
she was crazy, a downtown kind of baby 
always dangerous, she got me down on my knees 
she made it rain, she called the wind and then it came 
oh, with the wave of her hand, she brought the sunshine right in 
she was the sky, beyond steeple and the choir 
oh, the preacher's amen, her hallelujah child 

She opened up and laid it all right there 
she said, "no, I don't mind, no, no I don't care 
I'll help you shovel out my shallow hole 
and I know, I know they're threatening 
but at least we're not the ones carrying 
such heavy, heavy, heavy stoning stones 

So when your bones are broke and you're all alone 
and the fog's so thick you can't see up close 
just know that I will end up strangled too 
and when the floods, [bad word] [bad word] in 
and the boat is full and you can't get in 
oh, it's okay if you don't want to swim 
and when you're swallowed up, oh, don't you cry 
just give right in, don't try to fight 
'cause baby, I wouldn't pay no mind 
there's nothing you can do 

They'll have you coughing up your colors 
They'll have you coughing up your colors," 

She sang the blues, out of time and out of tune 
spoke no silver spoon, only simple [bad word] 
she was a friend, stabbed backs and broke plans 
she would give you her coat or put nails through her hand 

She was wise, full of magic and life 
oh, you could see it in her eyes 
oh yeah, I saw it in her eyes 
she was more than this 
oh, way more than this 

She was everything 
She was all of this