Cherry Noir

He had a knife in his pocket and a cross on his neck Said he loved me like Jesus loves the broken and the wrecked We drove through California with the radio low Singing songs about dying young, putting on a show I wore his leather jacket, tasted blood on his lips He held the wheel with one hand, touched my hip Said, "Baby, if we go down, we go down in flames" And I believed him — that was my shame Oh, dangerous love in a cherry red dress Dancing with the devil in a holy mess He had Hollywood eyes and a violent kiss And I gave him everything — what did I miss? What did I miss? He took me to the motel where his father died Said, "This is where angels come to hide" We drank whiskey from the bottle, smoked until dawn Wrote our names in blood on the lawn The neighbors called the police, but we were already gone Running from the world, singing our sad song He looked at me and whispered, "This is fate" And I followed him straight through the gate Oh, dangerous love in a cherry red dress Dancing with the devil in a holy mess He had Hollywood eyes and a violent kiss And I gave him everything — what did I miss? What did I miss? And now I'm standing in the rain outside the courthouse Watching them take him away in handcuffs He blows me a kiss through the glass And I still want him — God, I still want him so bad Cause it was dangerous love in a cherry red dress The kind they write movies about, I guess He had America in his veins and death in his kiss And I'd still give him everything Even after all of this Even after all of this Cherry red Cherry red He said he loved me Was it all in my head?