Racy, Black, and Lacy sells caresses
to the lonely men she meets.
Sticky $20's bread and butter the addiction
Rebate for her grief
The money keeps it clean
like hospital-cornered sheets
The money seems clean...
He with weary cigarette
seeks company on every Thursday eve
He waits for love's epiphany
then slinks away with sadness on his cheek
The money keeps it clean
like hospital-cornered sheets
The money seems clean...
Though he brings her everything
most everything spills through her lacy arms
Though she sways to capture him
she's captured by her own seductive charms
The money keeps it clean
like hospital-cornered sheets
Racy, Black, and Lacy sells caresses
to the lonely men she meets.
The money seems clean...
credits
from Bone by Bone (EP),
released March 28, 2004
Upright Bass: Brian Schey
slide guitar and vocals: Danya River
Percussion: Christian Teele