I hear the sonic sound of brakes

As you whisper in my ear

I hold your head between my sweaty hands

And shout loud for all to hear

Anita say the word



I smell gasoline and I feel the heat

As we make love standing up

In the alley behind your street

Glow and crumble girl

I want you but I don't want your world

Anita say the word...

And I will walk with you almost anywhere

Back to Al's bar, baby hand in hand

All them local boys will know that I'm your new man



Hey see Anita, yeah she's my scary girl

All black blue eyes and blue blackened hair

I can taste the heaven waiting there

Shake and tremble, broken grace

I admit it, I'm in love, but out of place

Anita say the word...

And I will sleep with you in that misfit way

With the TV noise so loud it soothes my fears

And the flickering light bathes your face



I wake from the drugs and the fear

In the night outside the world reverberates

Blue shadows in our loft, downtown L.A.

Outside the world reverberates

I need the strength I see in her

I need the love I feel inside

We talk about leaving behind the hell we're in

We laugh about making it out alive



Yeah, see Anita, yeah

she's my pretty girl

Blind eyes to the world outside

No more so than the rest of the world...

No more so, than any other girl

It makes no sense to me...

Yeah Anita, say the word