Red Herring

Let me be your little red herring

And baby tell me that you'll be mine

Run your hands through my long red hair and

Tell me you'll stay the night this time

Let me be your little red herring

And baby tell me that you'll be mine

I always felt like a great blue heron

Trapped in the cage of a grand design

But in my mind we're two shores that will never meet

Even though you hold me tightly under the sheets

I'm scared to be happy 'cause I only know sad

She used to say I was the devil but I don't want to be bad

I think deep down

I think I always knew

I think I've always been a scared little girl with no one to hold on to

I can be your little red herring

Flying light and free

I can be something for you

Since I can't be for me

I can be your little red herring

Guard my heart under strong wings

Let you wash away my sorrows

Watch them float gently downstream

I was your little red herring

Held your hand and whispered softly

Read your mind and cherished you closely

Told you I was gonna set you free

I was your little red herring

As you flew back to your little ladybird

It made it all too clear

I was never the one you held dear

You never left my mind in Spain

Now I'm cryin' in the rain

Cut my skin to escape the pain

Painted pictures all in vain

Cause you

Never cared for me the way I did for you

It's all so clear now

I wish I'd noticed sooner

I was just your little red herring

While you yearned for your little ladybird

Called your name out, hopeless, and in vain

While you spent all your love on her

Wish I could just stop caring

Wish that you would leave my mind

'Cause I know you were never staring

Right at me but just behind