Well there's a house in an alley In the squats and low-rise Of a town with no future But that's where my future lies It's a secret, but no secret It
Hard on me, hard on me Why do you grind me small Hard on me, hard on me At every fence I fall I bite my rage I stop my breath I shake my cage I swim
Oh trouble becomes you, it cuts you down to my size And you never were less than perfect in my eyes But I lost my way somehow For three hard winters
Oh some girls hold the ace, the deuce, the trey X-ray the deck to see what's coming Mary Antoinette she smiled that way Easy to smile when the luck is
I keep my nose clean, I keep my speech plain I keep my promises, she twists the knife again I shut my memory, I close my eyes and then She takes another
I packed my rags, went down the hill Left my dependents a-lying still Just as the dawn was rising up I was making good speed I left a letter lying on
Bathsheba smiles She smiles and veins turn to ice She smiles and heads bow down She works the room Air-kisses every victim twice She spreads her joy
Oh the last bus has gone Or maybe I'm wrong It just doesn't exist And the words that flew Between me and you I must be crossed off your list So I'm walking
This time you hurt me You really did it this time you did Did you count your fingers after shaking my hand God forbid Riff raff crawling from the slums
After the death of a thousand kisses Comes the catacomb of tongues Who can spit the meanest venom From the poison of their lungs Cruelest dance is the
Only a misdirected dart At an unprotected heart I'm sure it happens every day Just a passing interlude A fresh face to change the mood I'll find my feet
Two-faced love, will make me doubt my mind Two-faced love, will keep me paralysed Two-faced love, I pace the room at night Why can't I get you off my
When the spell is broken When the spell is broken How you ever gonna keep her now You can't cry if you don't know how When the spell is broken When the