Don’t Slit Your Wrists For Me

Lyrics

[Verse 1: John Jones & Linda Duggan] I met her in the garden, she was laughing like a drain We stood too close together, taking shelter from the rain Shelter from her mother and the blue rinse fire brigade We stood there in the garden and she called a spade a spade You're all hot air and hormones as far as I can see You think more of your lurchers than you ever do of me [Chorus: John Jones & Linda Duggan, John Jones] And I wouldn't say I couldn't be your lover Not if there was nothing else to be But if love is what you're dying to discover, darling Don't slit your wrists for me, darling Don't slit your wrists for me [Verse 2: John Jones & Linda Duggan] She had rings on her fingers and a bone stuck through her nose She was wearing studs in places where the gardener never goes People gonna judge us by the company we choose I can't be seen with somebody who's got the wrong tattoos Well, I've been hearing voices since I was in my teens Please don't shoot the messenger, they're coming from my genes [Chorus: John Jones & Linda Duggan, John Jones] And I wouldn't say I couldn't be your lover Not if there was nothing else to be But if love is what you're dying to discover, darling Don't slit your wrists for me, darling Don't slit your wrists for me [Verse 3: John Jones, John Jones & Linda Duggan] I met her in the garden, there was no one there to see We were taking shelter underneath the apple tree Shelter from her father, who was purple and insane We stood too close together and she punched me in the rain Sex is like a chain gang, there are no volunteers We get handcuffed to a maniac for sixty years [Chorus: John Jones & Linda Duggan, John Jones] And I wouldn't say I couldn't be your lover Not if there was nothing else to be But if love is what you're dying to discover, darling Don't slit your wrists for me And I wouldn't say I couldn't be your lover Not if there was nothing else to be But if love is what you're dying to discover, darling Don't slit your wrists for me, darling Don't slit your wrists for me