the bolter

{ALICE ROSEWOOD}

by all accounts, she almost drowned
when she was six in frigid water

{ELLIE MAXWELL}

and I can confirm she made a curious child
ever reviled by everyone except her own father

{ANGEL DE LAFAYETTE}

with a quite bewitching face
splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless
excellent fun till you get to know her

{JOSELYN TODD}

then she runs like it's a race
behind her back, her best mates laughed

{ALL}

and they nicknamed her the bolter

{ALICE ROSEWOOD}

started with a kiss
oh we must stop meeting like this

{JOSELYN TODD}

but it always ends up with town car speeding
at the drive one evening

{GEORGIE ROGERS}

ended with the slam of a door
then he'll call her a whore
wish he wouldn't be sore

{DOLLEY BARNES}

but as she was leaving
it felt like breathing

{ELLIE MAXWELL}

all her fucking lives flashed before her eyes
it feels like the time she fell through the ice
then came out alive

{ANGEL DE LAFAYETTE}

he was a cad, wanted her bad
just like any good trophy hunter

{ALICE ROSEWOOD}

and she liked the way it tastes
taming a bear, making him care
watching him jump then pulling him under

{DOLLEY BARNES}

and at first blush this is fate
when it's all roses, portrait poses
central park lake in tiny rowboats

{JOSELYN TODD}

what a charming saturday
that's when she sees the littlest leaks down in the floorboards

{ALL}

and she just knows
she must bolt

{GEORGIE ROGERS}

started with a kiss
oh we must stop meeting like this

{ANGEL DE LAFAYETTE}

but it always ends up with a town car speeding
at the drive one evening

{DOLLEY BARNES}

ended with slam of a door
then he'll call her a whore
wish he wouldn't be sore

{ALICE ROSEWOOD}

but as she was leaving
it felt like breathing

{ANGEL DE LAFAYETTE}

all her fucking lives flashed before her eyes
it feels like the time she fell through the ice
then came out alive

{DOLLEY BARNES}

she's been many places with men of many faces

{GEORGIE ROGERS}

first they're off to the races
and she's laughing drawing aces

{ELLIE MAXWELL}

but none of it is changing
if the chariot is waiting

{ALICE ROSEWOOD}

hearts are her's for the breaking

{ALL}

there's escape in escaping

{JOSELYN TODD}

started with a kiss
oh we must stop meeting like this

{DOLLEY BARNES}

but it always ends up with a town car speeding
at the drive one evening

{ELLIE MAXWELL}

ended with the slam of a door
but she's got the best stories
you can be sure

{ANGEL DE LAFAYETTE}

that as she was leaving
it felt like freedom

{JOSELYN TODD}

all her fucking lives flashed before her eyes
(and she realized)
it feels like the time she fell through the ice
then came out alive