"Dinner At Eight" lyrics

"Dinner At Eight"

No matter how strong
I'm gonna take you down
With one little stone
I'm gonna break you down
And see what you're worth
What you're really worth to me

Dinner at eight was okay
Before the toast full of gleams
It was great until those old magazines
Got us started up again
Actually, it was probably me again

But why is it so
That I've always been the one who must go
That I've always been the one told to flee
When it fact you were the one long ago
Actually in the drifting white snow
Who left me

So put up your fists and I'll put up mine
No more running away from the scene of the crime
God's chosen a place
Somewhere near the end of this world

Somewhere near the end of our lives
But 'til then no, Daddy, don't be surprised
If I wanna see the tears in your eyes
Then I know it had to be long ago
Actually in the drifting white snow
You loved me


Writer(s): Rufus Wainwright
album: "Love Will Be Reborn" (2021)
Martha Wainwright - Love Will Be Reborn album cover
Thanksgiving
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Dinner At Eight
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Tell My Sister
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Love Will Be Reborn 2
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Go Leave
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
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