Peeling oranges Disguising bad habits Then I'd toss the sweet flesh Sacrificed to blanket tar on fingertips Breaking my neck to drink straight from the faucet I got my shirt soaking wet And I'm hot in the face in public You wouldn't come to my defence Look at your hands stained dark Say it's juice from the berries But my bellies been the colour of a late summer cherry between teeth Put me to bed with a story from behind your eyelids I thought you were psychic But I could be convinced that this t-shirt's clairvoyant Fresh and permanent bleeding in the cab of the truck Led to a total disaster The kind of mess you throw out and try not to think about We wouldn't talk about any of it now Look at your hands stained dark Say it's juice from the berries But my bellies been the colour of a late summer cherry between teeth Smile for me and show me how you've been eating Had a dream you looked the same but your heartbeat was different And a grifter knows a grifter in an instant