Vermillion red She woke up in his bed And tried to make sense of it all And as she dressed She turned a deaf ear to the silence That echoed off the wall It wasn't much to write home about But now she's turning the page With a knife in her heart She laughs all the way to the bank Every day she stops And lifts her professional rank She wants it, she taunts it She'll stop at nothing to get it She'll paint a cross upon your head In vermillion red This red balloon can't float forever And one day it came crashing out the sky With nothing left and pieces of her everywhere The news reaches millions of eyes Now there's so much to write home about But she's still turning the page With an ace in the hole She cries all the way to the bank There's a long long list With so many people to thank She wants it, she taunts it She'll stop at nothing to get it She'll paint a cross upon your head In vermillion red In vermillion red She wants it, she taunts it She'll stop at nothing to get it She'll paint a cross upon your head In vermillion red In vermillion red