Down in Her Arms

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Down in her arms on a three-day drunk When the world was still lawless and wild With the last drop gone and the lust all shrunk I clung to her chest like a child [Chorus 1] Too weak to hold on to the little I had Too ensnared to walk off unharmed But to curl up and die didn't look all that bad Down in her arms [Verse 2] Down in her arms, [East Houston?] at dawn Played under her breath in my ear The pretty blue howl of a Joan Jett song We were all poor and angry that year [Chorus 2] A city in flames and the hounds at the wall Valhalla seemed not very far Just one small step and a bottomless fall Down in her arms [Bridge] Staring back at the path my passion led down From a twelfth floor bedroom to the edge of endless dreams Baby, touch me now [Verse 3] Down in her arms, I looked up and caught A glimpse of a magical love But in a flash, it was just another false god Struck down and dragged through the mud [Chorus 3] In the faraway room he knelt by my wife His hands slowly working their charm While I shut my eyes and held on for life Down in her arms