作词 : Cervenka, Doe Bartender's eyes are full of pity As he tells her you're alone and it's 2:30 All the chairs are on the table and it's time to close She said a minute ago they were starin' at me Where the hell did they go Then she went out to paint the town Roses are red violence is too Everyone knows I'm painting the town blue You look funny when you cry were his last words Before he laughed and said goodbye she flipped a finger And so she picked her shoes up picked up her feet And let ''em walk hand in hand down the dirty hallway Then she went out to paint the town Roses are red violence is too Everyone knows I'm painting the town blue Was she beat did she suffer from a working hand She always hated his hacking cough early in the morning She walked to the greyhound to take a little ride He could look in the corner of every town but he won't find her 'Cause she went out to paint the town Roses are red violence is too Everyone knows I'm painting the town blue