I watch the work of my kin bold and boyful Toying somewhere between love and abuse Calling to join them the wretched and joyful Shaking the wings of their terrible youths Freshly disowned in some frozen devotion No more alone or myself could I be Lurched like a stray to the arms that were open No shortage of sordid, no protest from me With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene With her straw blonde hair, her arms hard and lean She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene Feeling more human and hooked on her flesh I lay my heart down with the rest at her feet Fresh from the fields, all fetor and fertile It's bloody and raw, but I swear it is sweet With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene With her straw blonde hair, her arms hard and lean She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene In leash-less confusion, I wander the concrete Wonder if better now having survived The jarring of judgement and reason's defeat The sweet heat of her breath in my mouth, I'm alive With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene

My baby's gone And she left me to stay My baby's gone and left me My baby's gone away My baby's gone And she left me to stay o-o-oh I know my baby's left O-o-o-o-o-oh I still remember the day The day she went away That was the day-y-y That she left me to stay-y-y-y I know my baby's gone O-o-o-o-o-o-oh O-o-o-o-o-o-oh That was the death of an angel now I don't know why I want to be beside her but I'm afraid to die My baby's gone My baby's gone away My baby's gone Here she left me to stay o-o-oh Baby please come back home O-o-o-o-o-o-oh Dear won't you please come home Woe woe woe My baby's gone My baby's gone away

In the great book of John You're warned of the day When you'll be laid Beneath the cold clay The Angel of Death Will come from the sky And claim up your soul When the time comes to die When the Angel of Death Comes down after you Can you smile and say That you have been true Can you truthfully say With your dying breath That you're ready to meet The Angel of Death When the lights all grow dim And the dark shadows creep And then your lived ones Are gathered to weep Can you face them and say With your dying breath That you're ready to meet The Angel of Death When the Angel of Death Comes down after you Can you smile and say That you have been true Can you truthfully say With your dying breath That you're ready to meet The Angel of Death

When I was young and stupid my love Left to be a rock and roll star He told me please don't worry Wise little smile that spoke so safely He booked a one way ticket Out west that's where they make it Six kids stuck in a bedsit To sun swept poolside riches He met a girl who wore versace Pink feather coats and jumbo jewellery Gonna be a hoop phenomenon He's gonna be Hakeem Olajuwon He's got a gold camaro He said over the payphone I try to keep my cool but My life turns in slow motion Byebye, baby blue I wish you could see the wicked truth Caught up in a rush it's killing you Screaming at the sun you blow into Curled up in a grip when we were us Fingers in a fist like you might run I settle for a ghost I never knew Super paradise I held on to But I settle for a ghost Where I was from in nola no one Left to be a rock and roll star He'd stay and treat his lady Give everything to his new baby I miss him don't you blame me That boy went stone cold crazy Caught up in camera lust he's Chasing that pappy pipe dream I know you don't but I I know you don't but I still try My thunder shook him down My thunder came and shook him down That girl is gone but I That girl is gone but I still try I think it's over now The bullet hit but maybe not I feel myself going numb It hits my head and I feel numb My body's looking wrong My body's looking wrong My body's looking wrong Byebye, baby blue I wish you could see the wicked truth Caught up in a rush it's killing you Screaming at the sun you blow into Curled up in a grip when we were us Fingers in a fist like you might run I settle for a ghost I never knew Super paradise I held on to But I settle for a ghost