The Sound of the Bell

Lyrics

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 (Tear up the mattress) So sweet when you cry just a bit Beaten on a stairway (On a stairway) Loving every moment of it Down in the foyer there's a documentary crew And the 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 of 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 You've got the five proud walkers (At the sound of the bell) [Repeat and fade]