We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

His Pretty Life

from Once in a Blue Moon by Penelope Houston

/

lyrics

lyrics and music by Penelope Houston
Tonight he came to see the show
To say he knew her when
she was just a sweet and tender seventeen
"I've tasted of her lips" he said
"I feasted on her youth
Her innocence she freely gave to me."
The aging Casanova lives alone
reflecting on his pretty life and women that he's known
He keeps up with the latest and the greatest fashion trends
He never knew he turned a heart to stone

He came to see her band
her fury was still wet
he wore her long lost ribbon in his hair
She said she didn't know him
and get that ribbon back
before they broke his arm and threw him down the stairs

The aging Casanova lives alone
reflecting on his pretty life, the lovers that he's known
He keeps up with the latest and the greatest fashion trends
He never knew he turned a heart to stone

He comes to talk backstage
she wonders at his age
She can't believe he's only 41
The years were very cruel and
she greets him with a smile
her childhood's revenge has just been won

The aging Casanova lives alone
reflecting on his pretty life, the lovers that he's known
He keeps up with the latest and the greatest fashion trends
He never knew he turned a heart to stone
He never knew he turned a heart to stone

credits

from Once in a Blue Moon, released February 14, 2000
lyrics and music by Penelope Houston
recorded at 3rd Ave mixedat the Wally Sound 1996
PH - vocals, autoharp; Pat Johnson - everything else

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Penelope Houston Oakland, California

shows

contact / help

Contact Penelope Houston

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account