Angel Voyeur

<br>the hounds are running in the alley-way below<br>underlining all her sins <br><br>across the alley<br>there is a rented room<br>there is a girl<br>I watch I watch her <br><br>yellow cotton curtains<br>the tiles are black and white<br>why are you home early?<br>is this another one of those nights? <br><br>straighten up the lilacs<br>straighten up your hair<br>over to the mirror<br>what do you see there? <br><br>you know why he is living<br>on a separate street away from you<br>usually you can forget<br>but tonight the hounds they get to you <br><br>the hounds are running in the alley-way below....<br>underlining all her sins <br><br>magnets in the mirror<br>usually you croon<br>but tonight you are no beauty<br>in your rented room <br><br>he knows why he is living<br>on a separate street away from you<br>usually he can forget<br>but tonight the hounds they get to him <br><br>the mirror shows a man in a chair<br>she sees him sway<br>he`s falling to the floor<br>his lines they crack away<br>who is this man?<br>you know him you know him you know him <br><br>his being is your being<br>his scent is on your skin<br>his mind is on your mind<br>his breathing is your breathing <br><br>so she goes to her own chair<br>I see her sway<br>she`s falling to the floor<br>her lines they crack away<br>she shatters on the tiles<br>like the mirror that she shatters<br>like the mirror that she shadows <br><br>the street it`s night it`s dark<br>I cannot see too well<br>but a fog descended on her room<br>that much I can tell <br><br>and every drop of water<br>drew salts across her soul, Lord<br>and every bead of water<br>made the beaded bodies roll <br><br>a cat stopped by to listen<br>`til her breathing ceased to toil<br>and on a separate street<br>well, that man he ceased to moil <br><br>yellow dawn is yellowing<br>now I can see the girl<br>now I can see her face<br>on the tiles I see her curled <br><br>breeze - it blows the curtains<br>across the wayward tiles<br>across the sleeping ones<br>on separate streets - I have to smile <br><br>they still will not understand<br>why they awaken so new<br>but their sleep was close to...holy<br>my darlings<br>we`re watching over you <br><br>across the alley<br>there is a rented room<br>there is a girl<br>I watch I watch her<br>I watch I watch her<br>We watch We watch her