I have this monkey on my back I dare not even mention its name But it clambered aboard sometime back On the road to my El Alamein My sweetheart she swore it was a poison Turning my blood into brine But I knew for a fact that behind my back It was you on my […]

I have a name inside my head I was given this at birth All I have to do is find you Before the time I leave this earth As the clock it has no memory My tongue is silent still Of the name I’ve never spoken I swallowed it just like a pill I’ve got […]

Where do you think she's going, boy? That's correct sir, under your skin Old lovers, she's forgetting their names now Her name is Mercy, and you're out on a limb She picks your letter up, spits it out again Drops it into the paper shredder She's seventeen, and she's tasted your blood, boy Already she's […]

In an old house in Paris, covered in vines lived a girl by the name of Madeline She was not afraid of spiders or mice Madeline loved winter, snow and ice She watched from her window, onto the street below The soldiers and the ladies stopped to say hello They asked for her pleasure, be […]