And the winter was cold    When I caught her saving race   With the truth that you sold   A mast of a man    Making casts of his puppets      And you made her the queen   But a slave to the silence of lost chivalry   You were the match that he struck    With no flame there to turn to      And it's great the way the town shakes when they confess      There's a messenger on the lawn   Delivering a broken letter   Saving all his words 'til dawn   And the reason why he left her   Jack, give yourself some room to grow   Call your daughter and let her know   Your ruby shoes will bring you home      Composed of all fear and chilled to the bone   From the worlds that you hear when the priest fought   To bless all the press you have gotten      And the pictures will fall, suspended like spirits   From nails on the wall, and sweep up the mess   With the best of intentions      And it's great the way the town shakes when they confess      There's a messenger on the lawn   Delivering a broken letter   Saving all his words 'til dawn   And the reason why he left her   Jack, give yourself some room to grow   Call your daughter and let her know   Your ruby shoes will bring you home      Isn't it wonderful how they lost their innocence?   And it's great the way the town shakes when they confess      There's a messenger on the lawn   Delivering a broken letter   Saving all his words 'til dawn   And the reason why he left her   Jack, give yourself some room to grow   As static leaves your radio   Your ruby shoes will bring you home