Right at the bottom of your pearl-studded clutch

There's a hand with claws

You treat with dirty gauze

He gropes for your fingers when you reach inside

You keep your stride real tight

Drag your feet out of spite

You're spent and sold, your skin's inside your bones

Kissing all your woes goodnight under the streetlights

I loved you in the limelight

But now you're rolling home

Inside empty bottles you keep in the sink

Spiders live and die

You feed them apple pie.

Squeezing produce at the market with your feeble hands

You eye the scrapes and bruises

While your baby schmoozes

You're spent and sold, your skin's inside your bones

Kissing all your woes goodnight under the streetlights

I loved you in the limelight

But now you're rolling home

Only greasy blood congeals

You're chewing on lemon peels

Scraping on by the will of your pawns

Your river's rising slowly, better learn how to swim

You're running out of plots

And your chances are slim

 

You're spent and sold, your skin's inside your bones

Kissing all your woes goodnight under the streetlights

I loved you in the limelight

But now you're rolling home

Your evil ways are brought to justice

Your love for him is worse than capital punishment

He's slipping through the tipsy congregations And you're stuck to the walls, to the walls

You're spent and sold, your skin's inside your bones

Kissing all your woes goodnight under the streetlights

I loved you in the limelight

But now you're rolling home