I left my ego outside by the barber's pole And now I am in a brick lounge, I pretend to like the music I am sitting next to business men, mason rings and armchairs Fluorescents leaving shadows, I sink into mine
A girl of skin and bone whose eyes shone like Christmas Her pitiful thin body sweats next to mine She put something in my hand, and appetite for dreaming And she said something; it came out in the nothing
Tonight we will die, tonight we will die Tonight we will die, tonight we will die She said...
Make believe, the falling the leaves, I try to please Cliffs to climb, your eyes divine by kerosene light Put your thumb on my mind, lay on the lawn, say nothing 'til dawn A thousand regrets, a thousand cigarettes, I've forgot nothing yet
Telephone rang, I cut off my ears, your boyfriend for years Sniffin', coughin', sneezin', sighin', breathin', dying You left behind the kids, I can hear your heart beating through your ribs There are not enough apple trees or maple leaves to help us breath
A melody emerges, a crescendo on a ladder Then it falls like a fountain, sweating in the cool You took something; I don't recognise your eyes Something mutes the disco, greasy San Francisco
Can I sleep on your pillow tonight? I'm still having dreams about things, like: Tom used to like you, and so did his brother They were on the boat that time...
Now I am rolling over, I can't shake the fever I think somebody's listening, scratching at my window Something on my skin, something wrong within What did they give me? Will you keep an eye on me tonight?
Make believe, the falling the leaves, I try to please Cliffs to climb, your eyes divine by kerosene light Put your thumb on my mind, lay on the lawn, say nothing 'til dawn A thousand regrets, a thousand cigarettes, I've forgot nothing yet
Telephone rang, I cut off my ears, your boyfriend for years Sniffin', coughin', sneezin', sighin', breathin', dying You left behind the kids, I can hear your heart beating through your ribs There are not enough apple trees or maple leaves to help us breath