The Wife’s Murder Ballad

Hello? Hello, is anybody out there? Please, someone help, my husband's fallen, and he can't get up! I don't know what's happened One moment he was fine, and then the next Oh, please, say you can save him He was my everything, and I just, I I don't know what I'd do without him I'd say that I'm a patient woman Forgivin' most of the time But I'm sat drawin' lines on the walls With a large glass of wine Marks spider web through the room Leashin' my neck in their lace But I've heard tell of a way to escape And it don't leave a trace Such confidence for someone who's so very rude Funny, you feel safe when you're showin' me attitude Shackle me down in the butcher block, and then expect gratitude? Love, don't you know not to bite the hand that feeds you Lover, you don't look too well Eat up and save your health Come now, sit by my side Forgive me, I just thought a man could handle a little bit of spice I've been told it's the hottest new craze People beg, borrow, steal And you've been weavin' my pretty ropes all night You deserve a good meal A tough sell, but I bought some last night From the widow next door Said her husband loved it so much He passed out on the floor Such confidence for someone who's so very rude Funny, you feel safe when you're showin' me attitude Shackle me down to the butcher block, and then expect gratitude? Love, don't you know not to bite the hand? I often wonder if my body is see-through 'Cause no matter how hard I try, all they ever see is you I could scream and cry and throw a fit, and wild guess what they do They'd ask the question of my state to you, to you, to you Oh, oh, oh, oh Lover, you don't look too well I said to take care of your health Looks like the end of the line Forgive me, but I can't abide The thought that I'm a locked up bride for life Lover, you don't look too well (Eat up and save your health), save your health (Come now, sit by my side) Forgive me, I just thought a man could handle A little cyanide