[Intro]


[Verse 1]
              
By all account

              
s, she almost 


drowned
              
When she was s

             
ix in frigid w


ater
              
And I can conf

        
irm she made
              
A curious chil

          
d, ever revile

d
              
By everyone ex

             
cept her own f


ather
              
With a quite b

          
ewitching face
              
Splendidly sel

              
fish, charming

   
ly helpless
              
Excellent fun 

              
'til you get t

  
o know her
              
Then she runs 

            
like it's a ra

ce
              
Behind her bac

              
k, her best ma

    
tes laughed
              
And they nickn

              
amed her "The 


Bolter"


[Chorus]

Started with a

 kiss
              
"Oh, we must s

              
top meeting li

   
ke this"
              
But it always 

              
ends up with a

          
 town car spee


ding

Out the drive one evening

Ended with the

 slam of a doo

r
              
Then he'll cal

        
l her a whore

Wish he wouldn't be sore
              
But as she was

 
 leaving
              
It felt like b

         
reathing


[Post-Chorus]
              
All her fuckin

  
' lives
              
Flashed before

       
 her eyes
              
It feels like 

    
the time
              
She fell throu

       
gh the ice
              
Then came out 

      
alive


[Verse 2]
              
He was a cad, 

           
wanted her bad
              
Just like any 

            
good trophy hu


nter
              
And she liked 

           
the way it tas

tes
              
Taming a bear,

            
 making him ca

re
              
Watching him j

              
ump then pulli

       
ng him under
              
And at first b

              
lush, this is 


fate
              
When it's all 

              
roses, portrai

  
t poses
              
Central Park L

            
ake in tiny ro


wboats
              
What a charmin

       
g Saturday
              
That's when sh

              
e sees the lit

      
tlest leaks

Down in the floorboards
        
And she just k

nows she must 

bolt


[Chorus]

Started with a

 kiss
              
"Oh, we must s

              
top meeting li

   
ke this"
              
But it always 

              
ends up with a

          
 town car spee


ding

Out the drive one evening

Ended with the

 slam of a doo

r
              
Then he'll cal

        
l her a whore

Wish he wouldn't be sore
              
But as she was

 
 leaving
              
It felt like b

         
reathing


[Post-Chorus]
              
All her fuckin

  
' lives
              
Flashed before

         
 her eyes (Ah-

       
ah-ah)
              
It feels like 

    
the time
              
She fell throu

       
gh the ice

Then came out alive


[Bridge]

She's been man

y places with

Men of many fa

ces
              
First, they're

 
 off to the ra

ces

And she's laughing, drawin' aces
    
But none of it

 is changin'
         
That the chari

ot is waitin'
           
Hearts are her

s for the brea

kin'
        N.C.
There's escape in escaping


[Chorus]

Started with a

 kiss
              
"Oh, we must s

              
top meeting li

   
ke this"
              
But it always 

              
ends up with a

          
 town car spee


ding

Out the drive one evening

Ended with the

 slam of a doo

r
              
But she's got 

         
the best stori

es

You can be sure
              
That as she wa

  
s leaving
              
It felt like f

       
reedom


[Post-Chorus]
              
All her fuckin

  
' lives
              
Flashed before

         
 her eyes (And

               
 she realized)
              
It feels like 

    
the time
              
She fell throu

       
gh the ice

Then came out alive