My Young Love Was as Blind as Ray Charles and Half as Cold as Heat Songtext
von Kye Alfred Hillig

Snow had fallen all over the ground
My hair was dyed blue for three days now
And I was running from home
Got as far as Lower Burnett
My Mom pulled up and begged me to come back,
But something had to go
It was miles and miles just freezing shoes
Trucks would honk their horns and scream, "Fuck you!"
But I′d heard that before
I came walking into Wilkeson, hungry and tired
Holly let me in
And her parents said I could stay

And I really thought that I knew myself
The color of my heart and how it felt
And Oh! How my young love would never sleep
I thought that I'd be twenty-five, famous, and married
I thought that if I stayed there she′d start to seeing me
But my young love was as blind as Ray Charles and half as cold as heat


We were sleeping in the same bed
I don't know why her parents were ok with that
But nothing happened sexually
Dale gave me Corona, put Led Zeppelin on
We went upstairs and wrestled for fun
And she was stronger than me
We watched Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan Hawke
Something came over me: an electric shock
And I just came alive
She said there were four guys who wanted her time
I said, "If you count me then it's probably five"
And she ran to her room and cried

And I really thought that I knew myself
The color of my heart and how it felt
And Oh! How my young love would never sleep
I thought that I′d be twenty-five, famous, and married
I thought that if I stayed there she′d start to seeing me
But my young love was as blind as Ray Charles and half as cold as heat


We didn't talk after that for years and years
′Til Barbara cheated and then disappeared
And then a call came out of the blue
Guitar lessons were hard to afford
Would I stop by sometime and show her some chords?
Like a wish coming true
We got together quick
Like a dog plays fetch
She put my sticker on her car
And I gave her bad sex
And we moved in with my friends
We broke up quick
She showed up with her Mom
Her Mom said, "Sad day"
And I asked her, "Which one?"
And life felt like a grave

And I really thought that I knew myself
The color of my heart and how it felt
And Oh! How my young love would never sleep
I thought that I'd be twenty-five, famous, and married
I thought that if I stayed there she′d start to seeing me
But my young love was as blind as Ray Charles and half as cold as heat