The Man Who Stole a Leopard

Do you know where we are?

I'm longing for the dark

Of our nocturnal life

It begins and ends with you

Don't spill my secret

You were once running wild, hiding in the morning mist

Game demands; I make you mine

I thought that I could resist

But the leopard in you silently preyed on me

I made my way back home

(Did you follow her?)

I handled her with care

(Were you in control?)

So elegant and sleek

(Were you not afraid?)

I need her to be near

(Does she belong to you?)

Don't spill my secret

You were once running wild, hiding in the morning mist

Game demands; I make you mine

I thought that I could resist

But the leopard in you silently preyed on me

Deserted by my friends

(Don't they understand?)

She so much more than them

(How could they compare?)

So now she's just for me

(No one else can say)

I watch her while she sleeps

(For sure she dreams of you)

Don't spill my secret

(It's been quite a while)

Since we were last outside

(And do you miss the chase?)

Now that we've both been tamed

(Inside this gilded cage)

Prisoners of our thoughts

(You saved me from myself)

Don't spill my secret

Don't spill my secret

"Today a man was taken from his apartment on the New Jersey Shore

And arrested under suspicion of entrapment of a wild animal." (Don't spill my secret)

"Police and forced entry discovered a caged leopard in the building

The fully grown feline was said to be surprisingly domesticated by zoological experts" (Don't spill my secret)

"Who gave her a thorough examination before preparing her for relocation."

(Don't spill, don't spill my secret) "A large crowd is gathered outside to watch the beautiful creature

As a giant cage was lowered slowly onto the street by a crane."

(Don't spill, don't spill my secret) "From here, the leopard was transferred Into the back of a truck for the journey ahead.

A thoughtful onlooker said it's extraordinary to think that any human being" (Don't spill)

(Don't spill my secret) "Could have lived in such close quarters with such a dangerous animal.

Police are saying the captive was simply besotted with the creature

And barely left her side.

It's alleged that he hunted her in the wild and expertly forged documents to facilitate her

Illegal export to the United States of America.

The incident has already created much controversy

And is now likely to lead to a major international investigation

Into the life of the man who stole a leopard."