Shoesize of the Angel - Momus

I liked him from the moment we didn’t quite meet

Ignoring him by accident on Threadneedle Street

He was buying you a flower

He was speaking on the phone

He couldn’t wait to get home

His eyes remained blind to the undescribed friend

At your house he remained violently calm

At my house, where you never came, you spoke about him all the time

You were a very faithful woman

Speak up, answer me

What do you say?

I know he doesn’t please you in a sexual way

I know he’s cold-blooded, I know he’s far away

But never reveal the shoesize of the angel

I said to my friend with indescribable lack of charm

In the corner of the mirror he glimpsed the angel Michael’s shoes

I was crouching wearing them, sitting on a chair, right there in full view

Obvious to both of you, terrifying, ridiculous

Amidst no suspicious hairs

The sofa hid behind me while he failed to disappear

So I caught a bus in daylight, and your conscience was clear

You couldn’t get enough of his disappearing love

And so you never telephoned me

Speak up, answer me

What do you say?

I know he likes undressing you in white, cream and grey

I know he’s got no money, I know he makes you cry

But never reveal the shoesize of the angel

I said to my friend with indescribable lack of charm

The things you’d never spoken of seemed to turn him off

I worked out what you saw in him

Irreversible love

In full view of their boyfriends, I attracted no new partners

And you saw nothing great in me

Speak up, answer me

What do you say?

I know he likes undressing you in white, cream and grey

I know he’s got no money, I know he leaves you dry

But never reveal the shoesize of the angel

I said to my friend with indescribable lack of charm

With indifference I fail to meet you

You will not be learning my name

Shoesize of the angel, shoesize of the angel, shit!

Ha ha Beelzebub, stick him in the bottom with a Vaseline tub