Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Trigger Happy Love , by - Janis Ian. Release date: 28.01.1984
Song language: English
Trigger Happy Love |
| I’ve seen her standing in the street |
| Just waiting for the next affair |
| Satin braces on her feet, and manicured hair |
| I’ve seen him waiting in the wings |
| Counting shadows as they pass |
| The warning buzzer starts to ring |
| He’ll break her like glass, and caress every sliver of dress |
| then insist that she kiss and be blessed |
| The big test — the big test |
| Feelings are stealing your heart away |
| Feelings are stealing your heart away |
| Each and every day, the need’s growing stronger |
| Can’t hold back any longer |
| Trigger happy love triggers a love that’s no love at all |
| The hand is quicker than the eye |
| The present closer than the past |
| He took her once, he took her twice, not waiting to ask |
| Then he laid her body down |
| stroking gently on the stairs |
| The blushing roses turned to brown, and mixed with the air |
| and the heat and the noise of the street |
| in the dust of what must be complete |
| To have need — to have need |
| Feelings are stealing your heart away |
| Feelings are stealing your heart away |
| Each and every day, the need’s growing stronger |
| Can’t hold back any longer |
| Trigger happy love triggers a love that’s no love at all |
| They gave him twenty to life |
| He’s out in five on parole |
| Back to the kids and the wife, and life on the dole |
| He’s just a family man |
| She nags him worse than before |
| He counts the minutes on his hand |
| and walks out the door to be charmed in the arms of a whore |
| To be freed of the need to be more |
| To want more — to want more |
| Feelings are stealing your heart away |
| Feelings are stealing your heart away |
| Each and every day the need’s growing stronger |
| Can’t hold back any longer |
| Trigger happy love triggers a love |
| that’s no love at all |