You come in while i´m sitting at the mirror And you want to say you know that i look nice I sit in desperate silence and i listen And with the cutting eye you know you better look twice Chorus Cause i´m putting on my warpaint I´m on the path again And before you say i look great You better look again Red is for the anger that you put me through And for the nights i felt so lonely You see a shade of blue I´ll add a dash of yellow For the coward that you´ve been And the black will be the nights ahead And my shadow in your bed I´m putting on my war paint There´s nothing you can say to make it better And there´s no apology to change my mind I guess i could have wrote a dear john letter But it´s written on my face It´s war paint time Repeat chorus I´m putting on my war paint I´m putting on my war paint Red is for the anger that you put me through I´m putting on my war paint And for the nights i felt so lonely you see a shade of blue