Stray Dog

At night your grandmother dies on a bed of chamomile And the Virgin Mary stuck her head out from the wall, it scared you So you cried by floral bedside until the telephone rang in the next room It was six-six-six from a soldier who was hysterical on a toilet seat And you could tell he was good-looking just by the way that he would speak And you both sob like little cherries being crushed between my fingers I drop the pits on tile floors and they echo like a tongueless mouth Oh, I tried to speak, I swear to God, I wish I were your stray dog Eating scraps of meat you gave me because you saw my ribs and I was dirty Eating scraps of meat you gave me because you saw my ribs and I was dirty Oh, I wish I were your stray dog, roaming aimlessly around the city