Met her in haze on bourbon street Down in New Orleans Long legs black magic In cut-off jeans She came from the bayou backwoods Lake Pontchartrain Talking in tongues Driving me insane I'm about to fall I'll do anything at all For that voodoo doll Well she shook me like a rattlesnake Wrapped around me so tight Dancing to the Bon Ton Roulet Killing me all night Superstition intuition Moving in nice and slow Deep southern spell maker Stirring her gumbo I'm about to fall I'll do anything at all For my voodoo doll Fire black smoke Nothing is what it seems Too close to the flame Burning Cajun queen I'm about to fall I'll do anything at all For that voodoo doll I'm about to fall I'll do anything at all For that voodoo doll For that voodoo doll For that voodoo doll

A pearl for a heart and buttons for the eyes Stuffed inside with cloves and spices Chant your words in the night With needle and thread sew together your strange devices But I don't feel these pins and needles These pins and needles You have no power here No, I don't fear you anymore No black magic can control me And no curse can let you own me There's nothing you can do or say I'm just gonna do it anyway So go ahead, carve your candle With that knife with the white handle This is my life after all I'm not you voodoo doll With your old book of spells and strands of my hair You whisper the incantation It's your remote control over my heart and soul My behavior is your creation But I don't feel these pins and needles These pins and needles You have no power here No, I don't fear you anymore No black magic can control me And no curse can let you own me There's nothing you can do or say I'm just gonna do it anyway So go ahead, carve your candle With that knife with the white handle This is my life after all I'm not you voodoo doll I'm not you voodoo doll I'm not you voodoo doll Voodoo doll I don't belong to anyone I'm not a puppet with my strings in your hand I don't belong to anyone I won't obey your commands No black magic can control me And no curse can let you own me There's nothing you can do or say I'm just gonna do it anyway No black magic can control me And no curse can let you own me There's nothing you can do or say I'm just gonna do it anyway So go ahead, carve your candle With that knife with the white handle This is my life after all I'm not you voodoo doll Voodoo doll I'm not your voodoo doll Voodoo doll Voodoo doll

Digging away at myself The way that I do My little corner of hell Vacancies open If you wanna feel it too Making a break for the hills And Hollywood skies Nothing to give me a thrill Like silver screen lies It's true, can you feel it too Or is it deja vu? So close, so far away Got me wrapped around your finger But I'm pulling the strings When you tell me what you really mean You fill my lungs with gasoline Breathing in, burning you out I hardly recognize me I'm not sure I care Trying to find a release Maybe there's nothing I lose 'til you cut me loose Pushing away all the pain That I've left inside Rushing right into my veins Cut me wide open Drain all the truth Hollow just like you Until I light the fuse So close, so far away Got me wrapped around your finger But I'm pulling the strings When you tell me what you really mean You fill my lungs with gasoline Breathing in, burning you out So close, so far away Got me wrapped around your finger But I'm pulling the strings When you tell me what you really mean You fill my lungs with gasoline Breathing in, burning you out Breathing in, burning you out So close, so far away Got me wrapped around your finger But I'm pulling the strings When you tell me what you really mean You fill my lungs with gasoline Breathing in, burning you out So close, so far away Got me wrapped around your finger But I'm pulling the strings When you tell me what you really mean You fill my lungs with gasoline Breathing in, burning you out