Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Vain and Careless, artist - Natalie Merchant. Date of issue: 28.02.2010
Song language: English
Vain and Careless |
| Lady, lovely lady |
| Careless and gay! |
| Once, when a beggar called |
| She gave her child away |
| The beggar took the baby |
| Wrapped it in a shawl |
| ‘Bring her back,' the lady said |
| ‘Next time you call.' |
| Hard by lived a vain man |
| So vain and so proud |
| He would walk on stilts |
| To be seen by the crowd |
| Up above the chimney pots |
| Tall as a mast |
| And all the people ran about |
| Shouting till he passed |
| ‘A splendid match surely,' |
| Neighbours saw it plain |
| ‘Although she is so careless |
| Although he is so vain.' |
| But the lady played bobcherry |
| Did not see or care |
| As the vain man went by her |
| Aloft in the air |
| This gentle-born couple |
| Lived and died apart |
| Water will not mix with oil |
| Nor vain with careless heart |