Punch and Judy (other version)

[Verse 1 ]

A wallpaper pointless Punch talks to Judy in a crowded corner

He don't read page to page, or say the words in order

Judy's illustrating and she's a stranger to the straight face

Always seems so far away, staring out into space

[Verse 2]

"I'm sorry, tried to stay away," says Punch, "later account, though"

You dress like an opposite but really it's more than echo

Judy leans over like a strike of a clock, says, "I don't buy that, boy"

There's two inside of you and they're both gonna be destroyed

[Chorus]

In the alley, mixing blood, cheek to cheek

You're up against the words you never could dare to speak

It's your conflict, shored-up tight

Your heavy steps to follow her steps so light

[Verse 3]

So Judy holds Punch, cufflinks inside her clenched fists

She had a dream of bandages on Punch's wrists

So she sees Punch with a thorn in his hand and says, "Stop right there

What the fuck are you doing, don't you know I care?"

[Verse 4]

Punch hears the bark of a cop and drops to the dirty street

"I wonder," Punch says, "do you know what at all, what's protecting me?"

Judy used to hold me like a pencil, handing out some change

Her cheap philosopher was spare change for brains

[Chorus]

In the alley, mixing blood, cheek to cheek

You're up against the words you never could dare to speak

It's your conflict, shored-up tight

Your heavy steps to follow her steps so light