Lyrics by Bede Taylor.
Arrangement by Aaron Carpenter.
lyrics
Otis sits and eyes her thighs
A knife in his hand and some rope by his side
The glint of the metal casts a metal glint in her eyes
The mirror on the ceiling full of skin on skin skies
This is the ballad of a simple man, his lover and the thief
This is the ballad of a simple man, his lover and his thief
Jenny loved horses, and fairies and smack
Jenny was only 16 years old when she
Put a knife in her step daddy's back
And Otis met Jenny when she was high on the street
Selling lipstick massages to the crooked cops on the beat
And Otis loved Jenny
It was sad but it was true
But Jenny used Otis
Turned his heart black and blue
One day sweet Jenny whispered this in his ear
"I'll never love you Otis it's the needle I love dear"
This is the ballad of a simple man, his lover and his thief
This is the ballad of a simple man, his lover and his thief
Otis was a simple man but a fool he was not
As Jenny lay bound hand and feet
She looked herself in the eye
The mirrored ceiling it did not lie
It showed her Otis's dismay
Tears they fell from his bloody cheek from his chin and down the blade
"See now my love" Otis did speak
"See now my love what you've done to me"
The blade cut so swift
And the blade cut so deep
And finally Jenny felt the blue steel's heat
And Otis wept and Jenny screamed and the blood it bound them both
And with her final breath it spat a final halted tongue
And Otis raised the blade and plunged it deep into his love
And Otis raised the blade and plunged it deep into his throat
This is the ballad of a simple man, the lover and the thief
This is the ballad of a simple man, that had to kill to find his peace
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