Shades of Scarlett Conquering

[Verse 1]
Out of the fire like Catholic saints
Comes Scarlett and her deep complaint
Mimicking tenderness she sees
In sentimental movies

[Verse 2]
A celluloid rider comes to town
Cinematic lovers sway
Plantations and sweeping ballroom gowns
Take her breath away

[Verse 3]
Out in the wind in crinolines
Chasing the ghosts of Gable and Flynn
Through stand-in boys and extra players
Magnolias hopeful in her auburn hair

[Verse 4]
She comes from a school of southern charm
She likes to have things her way
Any man in the world holding out his arm
Would soon be made to pay

[Verse 5]
Friends have told her not so proud
Neighbors trying to sleep and yelling "not so loud"
Lovers in anger "block of ice"
Harder and harder just to be nice

[Verse 6]
Given in the night to dark dreams
From the dark things she feels
She covers her eyes in the X-Rated scenes
Running from the reels

[Verse 7]
Beauty and madness to be praised
'Cause it is not easy to be brave
To walk around in so much need
To carry the weight of all that greed

[Verse 8]
Dressed in stolen clothes she stands
Cast iron and frail
With her impossibly gentle hands
And her blood-red fingernails

[Outro]
Out of the fire and still smoldering
She says "A woman must have everything"
Shades of Scarlett conquering
She says "A woman must have everything"