(kirsty maccoll/johnny marr)



He blew into town like a paper sack

In a stolen car with a shotgun in the back he said

She can't run now, she can't hide

I'm gonna get her back for her lies lies lies



He taught her how to pout

And he taught her how to tease

And he taught her how to beg

When she fell down to her knees he said

Your face is different

But you're really all the same

I have to teach you a lesson again and again



See i feel no pleasure

And i feel no pain

So what else can i do?

I can't stop killing you



When you're out there in the dark

I'll come rushing through your brain

When you wake up in the morning

I'll be coursing through your veins

When you're swimming in the water

I'm the hand that drags you under

I'm the lightning that strikes you

Just before you hear the thunder

I can't stop killing you



Well she woke up in the bathroom

With her face upon the floor

She said i don't know what i'm doing here

But i've been here before

And the fixit man had fixed her

'cos he's such a little hitler

And he loves the feel of power

That she gives him through her terror

I can't stop killing you



Well she looked into the mirror

And she smoked her cigarette

And she wondered where she'd go now

To find a place she could forget

All the things he said he'd do

I can't stop killing you



When you're out there in the dark

I'll come rushing through your brain

When you wake up in the morning

I'll be coursing through your veins

When you're swimming in the water

I'm the hand that drags you under

I'm the lightning that strikes you

Just before you hear the thunder

I can't stop killing you


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