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"Pretty Or Not"
(written by Kristin Hersh)

Works In Progress Version:
You weren't faking it, I bet
'Cause her girlfriend
Drives faster than you
Even on this fucked up road
Where everything is so far away
You make a nice, nice noise, I bet
And a good night seems likely here
Even on this fucked up road
Where everybody's so far away
Pretty or not, on top or underneath
You're never, never out of reach
I'm so sorry I'm cardiac baggage
I'm so sorry you feel so bad
I'd do anything to fix you again
I'm so sorry you feel so bad
Is everything feeling ok?
Is everything feeling ok?
You're wound up too tight, I guess
The same troubles shaking me apart
Hard lessons the easy way
As everybody falls into place
Pretty or not, on top or underneath
You're never, never out of reach
I'm so sorry I'm cardiac baggage
I'm so sorry you feel so bad
I'd do anything to fix you again
I'm so sorry you feel so bad
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?

Album Version:
You weren't faking it, I guess
'Cause her girlfriend
Drives faster than you
Even on this fucked up road
Where everything is so far away
You make a nice, nice noise, I guess
And a good night seems likely here
Even on this fucked up road
Where everybody's so far away
Pretty or not, on top or underneath
You're never, never out of reach
I'm so sorry I'm cardiac baggage
I'm so sorry you feel so bad
I'd do anything to fix you again
I'm so sorry you feel so bad
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
You're wound up too tight, I guess
The same troubles shaking me apart
Hard lessons the easy way
As everybody falls into place
Pretty or not, on top or underneath
You're never, never out of reach
I'm so sorry I'm cardiac baggage
I'm so sorry you feel so bad
I'd do anything to fix you again
I'm so sorry you feel so bad
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?
Is everything fading away?

Guitar Tab (courtesy of Red Eyes)


APPEARS ON:
- Works In Progress 2, released 2000-2001
- Works In Progress 3, released 2002-2003
- Throwing Muses, 2003
- Live At The Middle East, 2006
Live At The Bowery Ballroom, 2006
10-4 All (Kristin solo), 2008
Anthology, 2011
 
WORDS FROM KRISTIN:
- "This song's weird...it gets a little Broadway in the choruses, but I guess I'm allowed. I took tap dancing for years and years when I was little. I wrote it in the desert and Billy thinks it's dirty, I doubt that very much."
 
- "This song always makes me think of our desert house and the 2 miles of dirt road you had to drive to get there. It was actually written for Sky Motel -- but it kicked and screamed and wouldn't fit. Then I tried to use it on Sunny Border Blue -- same thing again. I suppose this was a Muses song from the start."

Don't worry, dance in the road.