LISA

Lisa, don’t be fooled by the liquor

I’m not here to take your picture

You don’t even have to listen to the dumb things I say

Lisa, I’ll only make love to your silence

I’m sorry I can’t be sweeter

Show me the place in the world that sees you sleep, dear Lisa…

Lisa, twenty years old and stitched up

Everything ‘round her speeds up

Making the bed that she’d burn if she could pay for bread

Oh Lisa, your secret is safe with this madman

I’m drunk as the tower of Pisa

I wasn’t born Julius Caesar but I bet my throne that Lisa

Dances when no one sees her

Lisa, sold to the world in the Russian cold

She’d never blink twice

Lisa lived with so many enigmas unresolved

And the more I’m told, the more I want to tease her

Such a night to remember

Lisa penetrated the stigmas in my soul

From the driving snow her love came to release her

That was Lisa

And I was done

Lisa, never afraid of the darkness

The darkness would never cheat her

Everyone here suffers minor desperation

But for Lisa, it’s all a big indigestion

Always replies with a question

You’re driving me mad

But could I lay any blame on you, my Lisa?

Crying when no one sees her

Lisa, thrown to the wall

In the meanest cold hell’s ever seen now

Lisa lived with so many enigmas unresolved

And the more I’m told, the more I want to tease her

Such a night to remember

Lisa penetrated the stigmas in my soul

From the driving snow her love came to release her

That was Lisa

And I was done

You don’t need permission from the Czar

Get outta here before an illness steals your spark

St. Petersburg is on the line

I think you may have to get on the red telephone

Lisa lived with so many enigmas unresolved

And the more I’m told, the more I want to tease her

Such a night to remember

Lisa penetrated the stigmas in my soul

From the driving snow her love came to release her

That was Lisa

And I was done