Love Me

"Love me, Love me, Love me
Love me, Love me, Love me

sheltered as a young thing

her papa treat her well

they say she loves her mama

so why is she in hell?

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playing rough in corners

corners of her mind

she likes it sharp like metal

she’s playing with her knives

Stunning, Stunning

Stunning, Stunning

they say she had no money

they say she had no ring

they say that she gives pleasure

just to earn her way

Money, Money

Money, Money

they say that she was funny

told jokes to passers by

counting up her callers

she says, “tell me love is blind”

Love me, Love me

Love me, Love me

they say she had a man

upon who she put a spell

a man to care for her

when she felt so unwell

they say that she went mad

from the heat between the trees

on the grasses of a southern town

hear her voice travel on the breeze

Love me, Love me,

Love me, Love me

Love me, Love me,

Love me, Love me."

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- "Love Me" (2011) by Kelly Alexandra Hoff