Whatever you do
whatever else you do
don’t say it
don’t ever let us hear you say it
saying it stirs things up
those cast-off clothes
evil brain chemistry
sex with gargoyles
on ledges twelve stories up
and we can’t have that
Why don’t you think of
nice things like god
and leather upholstery
and that blue blue sky
don’t stay up so late
mornings are more cheery
and that music
will you turn that music down
personally we prefer tunes
to relax take the edge off
As a baby you were so docile
you simply lay there
in your bassinet it was lovely
then the world and you
changed all at once
a filthy mouth and no bra
boyfriends without parents
and that music all the time
unearthly it was not made
by human beings at all
So is it any wonder
that it’s come to this
a bad end some would call it
oh we tried good sense
but you always knew better
had to play with fire
had to test the limits
such a smart girl too
could have been anything