Marbles - The Amazing Devil

I’ve held your hand since 1979

You were in a band — still am — yeah but back then you had hair and your smile

was so sublime

And I chipped my teeth on every joke you cracked

You used to buy me scotch — still do — yeah but now too much is never enough

To take me back to that dance hall where you got thrown out 'cause they thought

you were drunk -I wasn’t —

You couldn’t lie then and you sure as hell can’t lie to me now

You stole the best years of my life

I’ll give them back

You got fat

And you’re the thigh-high hemline I just can’t stop staring at

'Cause I will wait and hope

Your eyes aren’t rivers there to weep

But a place for crows to rest their feet

And I will wait and hope

And rest my head at night content

Knowing where my marbles went

The flat we rented was a palace for my queen

If by palace you mean that asbestos and beans from a tin, and the gin that we

brewed in the bathtub

She sang, ‘Do you think I’m sexy?'

and oh god I really did

You’d swoon, you’d sigh, working shifts till we cried

Oh, if one more guy calls me darling then I

Swear to you and to god I will murder them all

All the bastards applaud when I show that I’m flawed

You’re not flawed darling, you’re just a little under-rehearsed

And I’d get in

And for some reason you’ve painted the kitchen lime green

And I’d sink to the floor, what’s the point anymore

And you, you’d reply with a glint in your eye

(And you, you’d reply with a drink in your hand)

Saying ‘I don’t know, but I’m here, I’m all yours, dear heart don’t cry'

(Saying ‘I don’t know, but I’m here, oh dear god, dear heart don’t cry')

'Cause I will wait and hope

Your eyes aren’t rivers there to weep

But a place for crows to rest their feet

And I will wait and hope

And rest my head at night content

Knowing where my marbles went

I’ve loved you, for a hundred years

Certainly fucking feels like it

The minute I met you, the colours of my life began to pour

I’m scared of the dark

And now, even though you’re mad and these memories won’t stay

That’s okay

'Cause then I get to meet you for the first time every single day

I’ll wait and hope

Your eyes aren’t rivers there to weep

But a place for crows to rest their feet

I’ll wait and hope

And rest my head at night content

Knowing where my marbles went

And I will wait

And I will wait

And I will wait

And hope