Straight As a Die - Mary Black

She roots out her best earrings with a comb

The ones that go with her rowdy red hair

Weaves her way between the plastic and the bones

Leaves all her empty evenings hanging in the air

And he don’t mind that she’s a short-tempered girl

He don’t mind that she may soon say goodbye

He don’t mind 'cause she’s got something he loves

She’s as straight as a die

She sees the men out changing the state

Knows they stoop through her eyes are half drowned

Hears the steeple say it’s a quarter past eight

Moves on in a hurry well she’s a long way from town

He don’t mind that she’s a short-tempered girl

He don’t mind that she may soon make him cry

He don’t mind 'cause she’s got something he loves

She’s as straight as a die

We won’t get away from this either

No matter how hard we try

The truth is there to catch us The truth is going to save our lives

He’s in a thrill of anticipation

So glad he bought something small

To give her for a gift

He feels kind of silly

In case she thinks he’s having her on All he meant was

She’s got a friend she can kiss

And he don’t mind that she’s a short-tempered girl

He don’t mind that she soon has to fly

He don’t mind 'cause she’s got something he loves

She’s as straight as a die