: Running pell-mell and harum-scarum Running as hot as they do or dare Stick out your tongue And drink down all the venom From Cut-Throat Cuthbert And
: Maybe you'll recognize in time Maybe one day you will discover All the pain that lies behind You and your unfortunate love Somebody might be more
: She stood spotlit in a plain print dress Came howling out of the wilderness There beat a cunning and murderous heart Beneath that calm exterior "You
: The snitch, the snoop, the tattletale Lead a threadbare up stairs Adieu, my little ballyhoo You broke my heart in two And now I haunt the bars and
: I Lost You I Lost You You slipped from your costume Like an actress in this tragedy You're just an apparition in a haunting mystery I fear that you
: I sat in a motel room with the doctor Just before we were supposed to sing He said regarding this guardian wing This black and clipped misshapen thing
: Raining slapping on the window pane An hour or more of teeming Storm punching like a hurricane That tore him out of dreaming Air screaming through
: Third-Class ticket in his pocket Punching out the shadows underneath the sockets Tweed coat turned up against the fog Slow coaches rolling o'er the
: She attracts dark rumours Travels in blue and other humours Each time she walks in the room Brings in much more than you'd assume Ooo, I looked in
: The spell that you cast Seems to be wearing off fast (The spell that you cast) Come back baby, cos I don't know if I can last (The spell that you cast
: You can read right through a book of matches But that won't make you smart You can laugh in the face of watches But time will only break your heart
: Well you know your time has come and you're sorry for what you've done You should've never have been playing with a gun In those Complicated Shadows
: The tempest blows up from a squall Past the Cape of Bad Conscience Into the Gulf of the Cauldron Roars over the coastline to batter and flatten Exposing
: No one looks in this place for motive or any hope But for the dead shot of an amber glass The blue light of a votive The rain obscured the window
: When I was away I needed you so And now coming I'm home to stay I won't wake in the night and reach for you And turn on the light and to my dismay
: The homecoming fanfare is echoing still Now tapping on tables And sensing a chill Poor families expecting loved one's return Only summon some charlatan
: I have a friend She's just a friend I tried to comfort and defend I gave her what you might call advice But nothing like that comes without a price
: I dreamed of my old lover last night I wonder if I spoke out loud And if by chance my husband overheard He put my face back in the crowd His eyes
