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Sweet Soubrette - Red and Terrible and Red

from Bushwick Book Club presents A Clash of Kings by The Bushwick Book Club

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Sweet Soubrette's song is about Melisandre, priestess of R'hllor.

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She wears red head to heel
A long loose gown
Of silk as bright as fire
Copper hair and scarlet eyes
Make men mad with desire
Many call her beautiful.
She is not beautiful -- instead
She is red and terrible and red

The night is dark and full of terrors
Lord of light protect you
Too much light can hurt the eyes
But fire burns to cleanse you
The ruby pulsing at her throat
It fills your mind with dread
She is red and terrible and red

Chorus:
Do not cross her
The red woman
Will grind your bones
To make her bread
She won’t think twice
She’ll throw you on the pyre
Do not trust her
The sorceress
Is terrible and red red red
The only thing she
Loves is holy fire

The shadows come to dance my lord
Dance my lord dance my lord
The shadows come to dance my lord
Dance my lord dance
The shadows come to stay my lord
Stay my lord stay my lord
The shadows come to stay my lord
Stay my lord stay

Watch the fire tonight
You’ll know some lights
Can cast more than one shadow
It doesn’t take much more than that
To make woman a widow
Blood red velvet robes reveal
You’re just as good as dead
She is red and terrible and red

(Chorus)

Her god is bright and dangerous
He’ll burn you to a cinder
She’ll take your carven idols
Smash into a million splinters
She’ll bring about your downfall
Heavy doom upon your head
She is red and terrible and red

(Chorus)

credits

from Bushwick Book Club presents A Clash of Kings, released April 28, 2012
Ellia Bisker: vocals + ukulele

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The Bushwick Book Club Brooklyn, New York

We started in January 2009 playing songs written in response to Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. We haven't stopped since. We've written & performed songs inspired by everything from "On The Origin of Species" to Dr. Seuss to Raymond Carver. There are BBCs popping up nationwide now. Bushwick Book Club Seattle started in 2010 & is run by Geoff Larson. Our nerdy dare-devilry knows no bounds. ... more

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