Perpetua Simone

[Verse 1]
Waking with the larks and the swifts and the sun
She's making up with pale lipsticks as pearls go on
Your prayers said, making the bed
The listing of the thoughts in her head
Into the world where you take your cue
Just like I always do

[Chorus]
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?

[Verse 2]
Driving home, pearls come undone to the drum
Your dinner done and TV on, you're calling mom
And with the setting of the sun
Comes a feeling that there's something wrong
As another day, it slips away alone
Just like days I have known

[Chorus]
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?

[Bridge]
She lives every day
(She lives every day)
Like every day
(Like every day)
Nothing to say

[Verse 3]
Putting on the dress that's best, shadow's on
Your cigarettes and fresh breath mints, the night is young
In the pounding of the 808, she breathes, and then she wakes
And tomorrow will be a better dawn
And hopes that she's not wrong

[Outro]
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?
How do you live, Perpetua Simone?