It was three in the morning when she took me apart She wrecked the furniture, she wrecked my heart She danced on my head like Arthur Murray The scars
Among the headstones you played as boys Crypts and tombs like a roomful of toys Just up the river from the smoke and the noise Gethsemane And there?s
God never listened to Charlie Parker Charlie Parker lived in vain Blasphemer, womaniser, Let a needle numb his brain Wash away his monkey music Damn
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
solitude Who walks into the lair of the deceiver They say it was my turn They say I had it coming They say that?s what you earn For living through a
I hand you my ball and chain You just hand me that same old refrain I'm walking on a wire, I'm walking on a wire And I'm falling I wish I could please
Well we were heroes then, and the girls were all pretty And a uniform was a lucky charm, bought you the key to the city We used to dance the whole night
In the dark, who can see his face? In the dark, who can reach him? He hides like a child. He hides like a child. Keeps his finger on the trigger You
I started to cry, they put gin in my cup I started to crawl, and they swaddled me up I got up and run, they said "Easy, son, Play up, play the game"
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
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
Oh says Red Molly to James "That's a fine motorbike. A girl could feel special on any such like" Says James to Red Molly "My hat's off to you It's a
O sweet Rosie Lee Like a sister to me But you thought I was playing you smart Jealous Words Won?t lie still In my heart You saw us there dancing And
