The Plague

I spent many a night layin' on my back

Waitin' for the dawn to pierce a crack in the ceiling hangin' from the sky

And I envied the boy who grabbed the toy

And ran away and found the joy

While I stood in the shadows, wondering why

Flyin' towards me, wrapped in laughter, a woman's face

The terrible taste of the mornin'-after kisses and goodbyes

I can never seem to catch my footsteps, half desires they fly away

And every day I've got to fight the plague

Come on, hear me now

Ooh, yeah

Got the plague

How can I live an hour like this when anguish strikes me like a fist

My nakedness exposed and I can't stand

Still I try to remember lips on lips, and hits on the hips, and ice and fire

And gloom and glow, when did they leave the man?

In the river of the night I see a face that shimmers down at me

But like a fallen star burns itself out

Like a dead leaf scrapes the graveled ground

My voice cries out, a graveled sound

But no one's there to hear me but the plague

Go on, baby

Mmm, yeah

Got the plague

Ooh

Can't you hear me?

Got the plague

Strainin' hard to see, runnin' after me

I keep poundin', poundin' on the door

But it's all so vague when you meet the plague

And I keep comin', I keep comin' back for more

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