You had your brother’s jean jacket on, you were hanging tough on the hood of a car
Outside the Karcherville mall, as summer turned into fall
You were a senior class of ’92, I graduated two years ahead of you
Stayed in this town to long, working these shit shovel jobs
When you called me over to kiss the ring, don’t remember what we said but it felt like lightning
Just like that we’re in love, just like that Satan clapped his hands we’re in love
Blue ruin
You had a boyfriend the quarterback, he was a silverback in a letterman’s jacket
He made all kinds of plans, but he never stood a chance, did he babe?
Your dad he found out and he didn’t approve he said, "that boys nothing but poison for you"
That’s the God’s honest truth, poison for me, poison for you
So we stole credit cards and two hundred in cash from the leather walled on your parent’s nightstand
We made a break for Las Vegas, or as far as a full tank would take us
Towards Blue Ruin
Pumping gas at some desert filling station, I saw you running out, hand full of small denominations
You’re waving my gun in the air, like some deranged millionairess.
Off duty cop in the next over stall saw the whole thing, tried to put a stop to it all
Engine revved he yells stop; windshield shattered from the shots.
Doing ninety miles down deserted highways, you’re bleeding hard but say you’ll be okay.
“Come on baby tell me a story, what’s it like where we’re going,
In Blue ruin?”