Rattlesnakes

Early in the morning, just by the break of day
Well that's when my patience went away
She took her bags but she left all her clothes
She took her keys and left me out in the cold
Wearing a plastic coat
And the pressures of life through lack of patience
I get the pressures of her
Patience is a girl that i hate to love the way i do, but i do
She wakes me up in the morning through squeaking in my dreams
She took her bags but she left all her clothes
She took her keys and left me out in the cold
All because of patience
I get the pressures of life through lack of patience
I get the pressures of her
She beat me up and left me out in the pouring rain
Without no keys, without no reason to go back again
She left me empty-handed, she left me empty-hearted
Not no money, not nothing but the blues
All because of patience
I get the pressures of life through lack of patience
I get the pressures of her
She said the one thing that she needs is happiness
I don't believe that she's happy 'til she sees that i'm in distress
No, all because of patience
I get the pressures of life through lack of patience
I get the pressures of her
And i swoon

She drove her mother's car, 'twas a 2cv
I was most impressed by her casual dress
I was most impressed
Inside her rented room colored deepest blue
I suppose we found some kind of happiness
To fill the emptiness
We were simply wasting precious time
Hiding from the cruelest summer sky
She took her mother's car to get away from me
Heaven knows that i, i can sympathize
Oh i can sympathize
For we were never close if the truth were told
All we ever shared was a taste in clothes
Oh we were never close
We were simply losing everything
Underneath the cruelest london sun
We were simply wasting precious time
We were simply wasting precious time
We were simply wasting precious time

She crossed herself as she put on her things
She has promised once before not to live this way
If she don't calm down she will burn herself out
Like a forest fire, well doesn't that make you smile
If you don't slow down, i swear that i'll come round
And mess up your place, let's go for a spin
They say we shouldn't even know each other
And that we'll be undone
Don't it make you smile like a forest fire
I believe in love, i'll believe in anything
That's gonna get me what i want and get me off my knees
Then we'll burn your house down, don't it feel so good
There's a forest fire every time we get together
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Hey pick you up, put you down
Rip you up and spin you round
Just like we said we would
'cause we're a forest fire
Believe you me, we'll tear this place down
If we get caught in this wind then we could burn the ocean
If we get caught in this scene we're gonna be undone
It's just a simple metaphor, it's for a burning love
Don't it make you smile like a forest fire

I choose my friends only far too well
I'm up on the pavement, they're all down in the cellar
With their government grants and my i.q.
They brought me down to size, academia blues
Louise is a girl, i know her well
She's up on the pavement, yes she's a weather girl
And i'm staying up here so i may be undone
She's inappropriate, but then she's much more fun and
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Shame on you, you've got no sense of grace, shame on me
Ah just in case i might come to a conclusion
Other than that which is absolutely necessary
And that's perfect skin
Louise is the girl with the perfect skin
She says turn on the light, otherwise it can't be seen
She's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin
And she's sexually enlightened by cosmopolitan and
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
For her perfect skin
Yeah that's perfect skin
She takes me down to the basement to look at her slides
Of her family life, pretty weird at times
At the age of ten she looked like greta garbo
And i loved her then, but how was she to know that
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Up eight flights of stairs to her basement flat
Pretty confused huh, being shipped around like that
Seems we climbed so high now we're down so low
Strikes me the moral of this song must be there never has been one

I was woken up at four a.m. by your screams and anguished cries
Your mother was singing in the bathroom, she will never be my child
Oh baby talks in her sleep so loud
We're living four flights up but i swear right now it feels like underground
Well you have absolutely no common sense, yes i know that's your charm
You spend the whole day on the phone, you say well it helps you stay calm
You cling to my arm, yes i know that's your charm
And when i ask you what you want you say do you mind hey crocodile
Well then could you give me some peace, you say well maybe for a while
Sometimes you know you could almost be a child
Oh must you tell me all your secrets
When it's hard enough to love you knowing nothing
We're living four flights up but i swear right now it feels like underground
You are your own worst enemy, so don't expect my sympathy
Oh go back to your mother's house and cry your little heart out
You can drive them back to town in a beat-up grace kelly car
Looking like a friend of truman capote, looking exactly like you are
Yes, yes i know that's your charm
So don't ask me if i want you, only ask me if i must
I been blown around so long, don't know which senses to trust
Oh no, but i know that i must
Oh must you tell me all your secrets
When it's hard enough to love you knowing nothing
We're living four flights up but i swear right now it feels like underground

Some say that you may soon be leaving town
Do you tire of chasing all the women around
Will you never be contented with your life
Will you always be the one who won't think twice
When you go down on your knees
You're so hard to please
When you go down on your knees
You're so hard , down on mission street
God only knows how you can hurt her
When you know that's what you do
How does it feel to be so cruel
Will you never be contented with your life
Will you always be the one who won't look back
When you go down on your knees
You're so hard to please
When you go down on your knees
It feels like up, down on mission street
Julie said your eyes are blue
Your lips are cold as stone
She picked you up and you put her down
And messed her place around
Will you never be contented with your life
Will you always be the one who won't think twice
When you go down on your knees
You're so hard to please
When you go down on your knees
You're so hard , down on mission street
When you go down on your knees
You're so hard to please
When you go down on your knees
It feels like up, down on mission street

You will never be no good
No you will never be no good
D`you know what i`d do if i could
Chop you up into firewood
Because you have sinned far too many times
You have sinned far too many times
And you will pay for all your crimes
You will never be no good
Not not ever no good
You know it`s hard to sympathise
You know it`s hard to sympathise
When you never tell nothing but lies
And it`s hard to sympathise
You say you`re born in the barrel of a gun
Some say you`re born in the barrel of a gun
You were your mother`s seventh son
And no excuse could be a good enough one
And don`t you love her madly
You want to be her daddy
Well that won`t do you no good
You might just slip into the priesthood
You will never be no good
No you will never be no good
D`you know what i`d do if i could
And then we`d all receive a knighthood
You`ll never be no good