Year: 1982 - Album: Bauhaus Singles: 1979-1983, Volume 1
Written by Bauhaus
Intro: |G | | | | | | | |G5 |Gb5 |F5 |E5 |G5 |Gb5 |F5 |E5 |G5 |Gb5 |A5 |E5 |G5 |Gb5 |A5 |E5 |G5 |Gb5 |A5 |E5 |G5 |Gb5 |A5 |E5|G5 |Gb5 |A5 |E5Verse 1:
G5 Gb5 Caressing, bent up to the jug again F5 E5 With sheaths and pills invading all those stills G5 Gb5 F5 In a hovel of a bed, I will scream in vain E5 Oh please, Ms. Lane, leave me with some painInstrumental |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5Verse 2:
G5 Gb5 Went walking through this city's neon lights F5 E5 In fear of disguising my warping seething pressure lines G5 Gb5 Among confidant heirs, intangible of price F5 E5 Trying so hard to find what was rightInstrumental: |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5G5 Gb5 I came upon your room, it stuck into my head F5 E5 We leapt into the bed degrading even lice G5 Gb5 She took delight in taking down my shielded pride F5 E5 Until exposed became my darker side G5 Gb5 F5 Puckering up and down those avenues of sin E5 G5 Too cheap to ride, they're worth a try Gb5 If only for the old times, cold times F5 E5 Don't go waving your pretentious loveInstrumental: |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5 |D5Bridge:
G5 Gb5 He's soliciting on his tan brown brogues (dark entries, dark entries) F5 F5 G5 Gyrating through some lonesome devils row (dark entries, dark entries) Gb5 F5 Pinpointing well meaning upper class prey (dark entries, dark entries) E5 G5 Of walking money checks possessing holes (dark entries, dark entries) Gb5 He sleekly offers his services (dark entries, dark entries) F5 E5 Exploitation of his finer years work (dark entries, dark entries) G5 Gb5 F5 Hung with loosely woven fabrics of office clerks (dark entries, dark entries) E5 Any lay suffices his eye (dark entries, dark entries)Outro: G5 Gb5 F5 E5 Dark entries G5 Gb5 F5 E5 Dark entries G5 Gb5 F5 E5 Dark entries G5 Gb5 F5 E5 Dark entries G5 Gb5 A5 E5 Dark entries G5 Gb5 A5 E5 Dark entries | |E5 |E5 |E5 |C*G5 Gb5 I came upon your room, it stuck into my head F5 E5 We leapt into the bed degrading even lice G5 Gb5 Took delight in taking down my shielded pride F5 E5 Until exposed became my darker side G5 Gb5 F5 Puckering up and down those avenues of sin E5 G5 Too cheap to ride, they're worth a try Gb5 If only for the old time F5 E5 Don't go waving your pretentious love