Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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1.

call the dogs and sound the horns

 the city key of where i’s born

 has been stolen by someone I thought I knew

 she blew in with some angel dust

 from southern state where love is lust

 and I hope she’s gone by the time this song is through

 but out among the passers by she wets her lips sweats her eyes

baits her tongue with pity for her prey

she transcends the avenue while she smiles at me she winks to you

 I guess I’ll take my place in yesterday

Refrain

and darlin' I cant wait for you to leave this town

 you just got here too late and no one wants you ‘round

 with one foot on my back and the other on the rail

 I don’t want to see you fall I just want to see you fail

2.

 well the night is sweet the night’s divine

 it stains your teeth with blood red wine

 and leaves you lying in your enemy’s arms

 and while you mumble down the hall

 something ‘bout a skin made wall

 you find you’re just a sucker for her charms

 ‘cause the vanity that cakes her face sucks you into death’s embrace

 you feel your sense of self just fade away

see you’re just a one man show and once you’re done its time to go

hear some restless footsteps down the way

Refrain

and darlin' I cant wait for you to leave this town

 you just got here too late and no one wants you ‘round

 with one foot on my back and the other on the rail

 I don’t want to see you fall I just want to see you fail

Bridge

2x

3.

 now the youth protests the failing light

 with his shirt sleeves rolled in the humid night

 he wonders where it was that he went wrong

 and in denial while he ascends

 to her lofty room where all dreams end

 he watches while his footsteps lead him on

but his turn comes the next in line

 the well worn steps he slowly climbs

 to find her lying meat-hooks on display

 and in the streets the sirens sing

 what word they tell what news they bring

 the puppet in his cuffs of string obeys

Refrain

 and darlin' I cant wait for you to leave this town

 you just got here too late and no one wants you ‘round

 with one foot on my back and the other on the rail

 I don’t want to see you fall I just want to see you fail

 I don’t want to see you fall I just want to see you fail

Outro