The Sound of the Bell

I'll buy you diamonds
I'll keep you in this hotel
You're so precious
I want you all to myself
If we're on camera then you've hammed this up before
And we both think that we're running the show
Waiting to hear you shout 'No'
I'm acting above my station
Trying to perfect this sense of degradation

But the dog's come up
I succeed too well
And I start to drool at the sound of the bell

Tear up the mattress
So sweet when you cry just a bit
Beaten on a stairway
Loving every moment of it
Down in the foyer there's a documentary crew
And they say "All that we want are the facts, so show us your legs and relax , give us some highlife and some human interest"

Fast people in a fast food place
And he slides through the crowd like a venomous snake
He says: Try some of this
And now do some of that
He's got his eye on your handbag and the key to your flat
It feels so good not to think for yourself
You can put the blame on somebody else

But your eyes still see
And you know that smell
And you start to come at the sound of the bell

You've got the five proud walkers
You've got the cast iron staircase
You've got the dance in the cages

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