I got a woman She rules my house with an iron fist I got a woman She rules my house with an iron fist She screams out Jack the Ripper Every time I try to give that girl a kiss, oh yeah
Oh, well, I got a woman She strikes me down with a fist of lead, oh yeah Oh, well, I got a woman She strikes me down with a hand of lead Oh, we bed in a bucket of butcher's knives I awake with a hatchet hangin' over my head
Oh, well, you know the story of the viper It's long and lean with a poison tooth, oh yeah [ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/jack-the-ripper-lyrics-nick-cave.html ] Oh, well, you know the story of the viper It's long, it's lean, it's got a poison tooth Well, they're hissing under the floorboards Hangin' down in bunches from my roof, oh yeah
Oh, well, I got a woman She just hollers what she wants from where she's at, oh yeah Oh, well, I got a woman She just hollers what she wants from where she is at, oh yeah She screams out Jack the Ripper Every time I try to give that girl a kiss, oh yeah