Onion Girl - Holly Cole

I’m a bit unstable, she said

With a Cheshire grin

So many cracks in my sidewalk, boy

Don’t you fall in

Feels like the things that I’ve wanted

The most in this life

I can’t have

So you see I’ve been damning the world

Before it damns me

She said I’m naked and shameless

And I’m peeling back the layers

Like an onion girl

Don’t try to save me

Just stay away

'Cause I might make you cry

Like an onion girl

Like an onion girl

Second grade playground

I still haven’t the nerve

Fear is under my skin

Like St. Anthony’s fire

And I can’t stand the burn

Yeah

So let’s break a little bread, have a little laugh

I haven’t laughed for a while

'Cause it’s a long road back, yes

From the womb tonight

I’m naked, shameless

And peeling back the layers

Like an onion girl

Don’t try to save me

Just stay away

'Cause I might make you cry, yes

Like an onion girl

Like an onion girl

She said I’m naked, shameless

And I’m peeling back the layers

Like an onion girl

Don’t try to save me

Just stay away

'Cause I might make you cry

Like an onion girl

She said I’m naked and shameless

And peeling back the layers

Like, like an onion girl

Don’t try to save me

Just stay away

'Cause I might make you cry

Like an onion girl

Like an onion girl, yeah

Like an onion girl