Strange Flowers Lyrics

I shall stay at the Red Red Rose

I shall pull the curtain closed

There's a satin comforter

Strange flowers

Strangers have made love there

The light o'er the mirror

The crease of folded paper

I shall lay down upon the sheets and not think,

And not think, and not think

Just sleep

Just sleep

"This is no holocaust, you sow what you reap"

Just sleep

I shall wake at the light of day

(May the Earth open where I lay)

Convince myself that this is no mistake

(A trial by fire is a better way)

Must be there by nine

(Will He forgive a suicide?)

Meet the buyer's needs, manager's greed –

(I never wait in line!)

Draw your number and wait in line

(I never wait in line, I never wait in line, I never wait in line)

I shall unfold the clothes

(The lion tears the lamb to shreds because he can, he knows)

I shall keep the curtains closed

(And when the curtain falls, our bleeding hearts will finally show!)

Then I shall try for a better smile

(Remember) one hand shakes while the other feels for Life

For Life

The feeling of something inside, hidden and disguised

For Life

For Life

Somewhere behind suit and tie

Hidden, disguised