Richard Thompson Backlash Love Affair
An iron maiden stole my heart away-o black day Her siren songs seemed to call to me-o destiny She spat her thrash metal lyrics right into my mind The stage thundered and the Smoke bombs made me blind She sang, Hello, Liebchen, wollen Sie ein Jig-a-jig, nein? CHORUS She says, left, right, right, left Come on Joe, don't be slow Up, down, down, up come on Joe, time to go In, out, out, in Do it if you love me Joe I know it's art for art's sake But how much more can I take What's my share of this backlash love affair Her hair extensions down to her knees-what a tease She got tattoos everywhere you look-she's a comic book Why she goes for my type I'll never understand She's so demure when we promenade hand in hand and when we get back home she Let's me know she's in command CHORUS Those iron maidens, cool as a marble slab They wrap aroound you and the cold knives cut and stab I can't live my life as someone else's shishkebab CHORUS -------------------------------------------------------------
