Spooky Girlfriend

[Verse 1]

I want a girl to make a mess

To do no wrong, she must confess

And then perhaps hitch up her dress

'Cause when the flashbulbs explode

She's such a sensitive soul

[Verse 2]

I want a girl who is helpless and frail

Who won't pull on my ponytail

I want a girl who has no past

She's made up now, but that won't last

'Cause when she sits on my knee

And then she whispers to me

[Chorus]

"Can't you see I could be, could be

Your spooky girlfriend

I could be, I could be

Your spooky girlfriend"

[Verse 3]

And the broken toys are scattered in the attic

And the newspapers play in the words of the fanatic

And the greeting cards are your most poetic lyric

And the flat champagne is a sweet sugar syrup

[Bridge]

I want to paint you with glitter and with dirt

Picture you with innocence and hurt

A shutter closes, exposes the shot

She says, "Are you looking up my skirt?"

When you say "No"

She says "Why not?"

[Verse 4]

I want a girl to turn my screw

To wind my watch, to buckle my shoe

And if she won't, her mother will do

'Cause when she does as she's told

We'll all turn platinum and gold

But when she sits on my knee

I hear her whispers to me

[Chorus]

"Can't you see? I could be

Your spooky girlfriend

I could be, I could be

Your spooky girlfriend"

[Outro]

"I could be, I could be

Your spooky girlfriend

I could be, I could be

Your spooky girlfriend

I could be, I could be

Your spooky girlfriend"