john wesley harding
eating each other's babies
She flares up, they start to fight A chemical reaction late into the night Once they're out of love, now they're outta sight That's alright When silence reigns, it's strange weather Why do you have to leave me for a man Who couldn't tie his shoe-laces together? He's had the last laugh but the joke's on him He could've had a final bang but drags on with a whimper When dogs bark And when cats meow Two humans are the animals they knew they could be now Sniffing round each other's dirt Fighting til it starts to hurt And eating each other's babies  Paperback's get thrown, the story unfolds Two lost sheep who couldn't find the fold They got no common sense, couldn't catch the common cold I've been told She fights tooth and claw, he starts to abuse her You show me someone who takes losing well And I'll show you a loser He's a very small man wearing very big clothes There's no room for expansion but there's plenty of room for growth When dogs bark And when cats meow Two humans fighting middleweight, instead of middlebrow Picking on those little things Tearing off each other's wings And eating each other's babies  We're stuck here in this cage Playing out this prison game Committing all these war crimes Time after time after time after time after time  Something clicks, time to get soft She's getting on, he's getting off On the way she splutters with her little cough That's enough They're so adept, he used to spoil her Sometimes we get so see through Think I'm living out some potboiler Remember me forever in your gallery When all your past is catalogued and filed alphabetically When dogs bark And when cats meow We don't have to say anything final now Let's kiss and make up Put off the break up Let's eat each other's babies Let's eat each other's babies Let's eat each other's babies    