Intro : (x2)
Ah the m an she wanted all her life was ha nging by a thread
"I ne ver even kn ew how much I w anted you" she sa id.
His mu scles they were numbered and his st yle was obsolete.
"Oh b aby I have c ome too late." She kn elt beside his f eet.
"I'll ne ver see a face like yours in y ears of men to come
I'll ne ver see such ar ms again in wr estling or in l ove."
And a ll his virtues burning in the s moky Holocaust
She t ook unto hers elf most everyt hing her lover l ost
Now the master of this landscape he was standing at the view
with a sp arrow of St. Francis that he was preaching to
She be ckoned to the sentry of his high religious mood
She said "I'll ma ke a place bet ween my legs I'll sh ow yo u solitud e."
He of fered her an orgy in a many m irrored room
He p romised her p rotection for the i ssue of her w omb
She m oved her body hard against a sh arpened metal spoon
She st opped the bloody ri tuals of pa ssage to the m oon
She to ok his much admired o riental frame of mind
and the h eart-of-darkness al ibi his m oney hides be hind
She to ok his blonde madonna and his m onastery wine
"This me ntal space is oc cupied and ev erything is mi ne."
He tr ied to make a final stand bes ide the railway track
She said "The a rt of longing's o ver and it's n ever coming b ack."
She t ook his tavern parliament his c ap his cocky dance
She m ocked his female fa shions and his w orking-class moust ache.
Now the last time that I saw him he was trying hard to get
A wo man's education but he's not a woman yet
And the l ast time that I saw her she was living with some boy
Who gi ves her soul an e mpty room and gi ves h er body joy.
So the great af fair is over but wh oever would have guessed
It would le ave us all so v acant and so de eply unimp ressed?
It's l ike our visit to the moon or t o that other star
I g uess you go for n othing if you re ally want to go that f ar.
It's l ike our visit to the moon or t o that other star
I g uess you go for n othing if you re ally want to go that f ar.
It's l ike our visit to the moon or t o that other star
I g uess you go for no thing if you re ally want to go that f ar.
