cheap cut satin and bad perfume

showtime is almost here

tears stop by your strength

caught you laughing up your sleeve

sniggering in your beer

seen the bottom of a lot of glasses

but he's never seen love so near

he'd seen love get so expensive

but he'd never seen love so dear



CHORUS:

now I know that you're all king horse

between tenderness and brute force

now I know that you're all king horse

between tenderness and brute force



she can turn a pot of sixpence

in the mouth and trouser set

hit the till ring the bill

never spill a sip

and still she knows the kind of tip

she is going to get

a lot of loose exchanges precious little respect

but if someone else is weakened

that's the best that you can expect



chorus



so fine knit a fabric

so fine a fabrication

from comic books to tragic

to the art of conversation



meanwhile back in some secluded spot

he says will you please and she says stop

if I ever loose this good thing that I got

I never want to hear the song you dedicated tonight

you see I knew that song so long before we met

that it means much more than it might



chorus