SO I CAME UP SKUNKING PHEROMONES WONDERING WHAT TO SAY
NOW SHOULD I BE POLITE OR MORE UPFRONT
THOUGH SURVIVING INTRODUCTIONS WHERE WE PUT OUR GUNS AWAY
STILL I STRUGGLED FOR A RHYME THAT WEREN’T SO BLUNT
WHEN I LOOKED AT YOU YOU LOOKED AWAY LIKE THERE’S SOMETHING UPON MY HEAD
AND YET ALL THE WHILE WE WERE DRIBBLING ON THAT TUNE
COULD IT BE THAT I WAS THINKING OF SUCKING TONGUES INSTEAD
TAKE AN EARLY NIGHT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON
YEA ITS ALL SADLY OH SO TRUE
THE PAINTING UPON THE WALL HAS COME UNGLUED
AND IN THE DISTANCE I KNOW YOU CAN SEE IT TOO
YOU AND ME AND A DIRTY POINT OF VIEW
SO WE RUMMAGED ON THAT FLOOR LIKE A GUITAR WITH A THOUSAND STRINGS
HOT RIPPING THROUGH THE SPLINTERS WITH OUR NAILS
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF A SAXOPHONE YOU THEN ASKED ME WITH A GRIN
AND THAT’S WHEN I FELT MY SOUL HAD BEEN IMPALED
SHOULD I NOT HAVE BEEN CONCERNED AT THIS MAYBE COWERED BEHIND A SMILE
OR KID YOU BABE I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND YOUR JOKE
OR THAT I COULD SEE IT COMING THERE REGARDLESS OF THE MILES
FOR I WROTE IT DOWN BEFORE YOU EVEN SPOKE
YEA ITS ALL SADLY OH SO TRUE
THE PAINTING UPON THE WALL HAS COME UNGLUED
AND IN THE DISTANCE I KNOW YOU CAN SEE IT TOO
YOU AND ME AND A DIRTY POINT OF VIEW
NOW I WASN’T SURE QUITE WHO YOU WERE SO I TRIFLED THROUGH YOUR BOX
REALLY DESPERATE FOR A PASSPORT OR A SIGN
SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE THEN WHEN I FOUND THE FUTURE LOCKED
AND HISTORY JUST ANOTHER NEUTERED CRIME
NOW I DISCOVERED YOU IN MAGAZINE CALLED PLEASURES FROM THE ZOO
WITH A BOUQUET OF YOUR GLOSSY CENTRE SPREAD
SO CAREFULLY I EASED YOU OUT WHERE THE STAPLES CUT IT THROUGH
I KISSED YOU THERE BUT YOU WANTED PAIN INSTEAD
YEA ITS ALL SADLY OH SO TRUE
THE PAINTING UPON THE WALL HAS COME UNGLUED
AND IN THE DISTANCE I KNOW YOU CAN SEE IT TOO
YOU AND ME AND A DIRTY POINT OF VIEW
NOW WAS I JUST A MAGGOT ON A HOOK UPON A LINE
AND THE LINE THAT I GOT HOOKED UPON WAS YOURS
AN’ SO MAYBE I FELT DIRTY WHEN YOU PUT YOURS NEXT TO MINE
AND THEN EVEN MORE WHEN YOU SAID WELL ITS JUST BECAUSE
ALL THE BARTER AND SEDUCTION YOU HAD SPENT UPON YOUR SKINS
HAD ME CRAWLING LIKE A PAUPER BY COMPARE
SO WE TALKED OF BROKEN HEARTED AND THATS WHY THE RUBBER STINGS
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU QUESTIONED WHY I WAS THERE
YEA ITS ALL SADLY OH SO TRUE
THE PAINTING UPON THE WALL HAS COME UNGLUED
AND IN THE DISTANCE I KNOW YOU CAN SEE IT TOO
YOU AND ME AND A DIRTY POINT OF VIEW
NOW I REALLY FELT QUITE FOOLISH JUST DANCING IN MY SOCKS
A NAKED MAN FULLY CLOTHED AND BLIND
CONFUSED BY OPPORTUNITY UNAWARE THAT WHEN SHE KNOCKS
THE ONLY MUSIC HEARD WAS IN MY MIND
FOR YOU SPUN ME SO SUBLIMELY WHEN YOU STARTED TO UNLOAD
KEPT REMINDING ME THEN OF DYNAMITE IN MIME
AND SO I HUNG THEM ON MY WALL BOTH THE PRINCESS AND THE TOAD
SO’S TO PACIFY LOVE BITCHING THROUGH MY MIND
YEA ITS ALL SADLY OH SO TRUE
THE PAINTING UPON THE WALL HAS COME UNGLUED
AND IN THE DISTANCE I KNOW YOU CAN SEE IT TOO
YOU AND ME AND A DIRTY POINT OF VIEW
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