She's fingering the petals on her dress It was another lesson in the rise and fall of holiness Her hands are shaking and her hair is a mess Oh, yeah he pulled a cheap trick The car has come and its taken her away And she won't tell a soul cos she knows what they would say Cos it gets a little tricky between blame and ricochet Boy, it was a cheap trick Boy, it was a cheap trick Oh, lower than lonely Slower, girl, slowly You can just break them down Oh, lower than lonely Slower, girl, slowly You can just turn them round And all their cheap tricks She smiles as she fumbles for the keys And she won't look back up into that window when she leaves If it's a choice between a martyr or a refugee Oh, yeah she knows some sweet tricks Yeah she knows some sweet tricks Oh, lower than lonely Slower, girl, slowly You can just break them down Oh, lower than lonely Slower, girl, slowly You can just turn them round And all their cheap tricks The night falls like a satin petticoat And the bare bulb glows onto the letter that she wrote Cos it takes a lot of oxygen to help you stay afloat That or one more cheap trick That or one more cheap trick Oh, lower than lonely Slower, girl, slowly You can just break them down Oh, lower than lonely Slower, girl, slowly You can just turn them round Turn them round And all their cheap tricks And all their cheap tricks And all their cheap tricks And all their cheap tricks