Cruelty to Animals
She won't mind if the place we stand is marked by ash
She believes what doesn't kill her only takes more time to kill her
Then she smiles as she paints her lips and does her lashes
Stunning as a taxidermy victim in a silver cage
I'm arrested by an aria brought from the country
Stuck in dumb amazement like a dog who's told to levitate
This smash number one goes to her lover in the belfry
Singing like a bird in flames and headed for a windowpane
In the coming years, let's try and milk a fortune off them
I think we're qualified by now
Alouette, gentille alouette
Head to toe so thoroughly until we're both dismembered
Alouette, gentille alouette
Naive, yes, but none the worse, spinning glue back into horses
I'll never leave the place where you are
Hand in hand into a rented car
Merrily into the abattoir
Spilling out all over, I'll be Noah on the storm
And two by two in love, we'll speed back into bed and never leave it