I'll kill the pianist
For what she did to me
Each day of my life
Each week, each month
And I'll bite her cheek
That one day was mine
On the piano of her nights
On the piano of her sheets
I'm gonna kill the pianist
So that everyone will know
That something exists
I'll kill the pianist
So that everyone will know
That the life of an artist
Isn't rose-colored, isn't spotless
Like a ship that pitches about
That gives up its lines
I'll kill the pianist
So that everyone will know
That something exists
Outside of this
When she was twenty
The crowd at her feet
Under the golden wainscotting
Where she played Mozart, Chopin
I'll kill the pianist
Who didn't know how to love me
In the bedroom I cry
Where love is hidden
I'll kill the pianist
So that everyone will know
That something exists
And when it's done
When the day rises up
On the satin of her misdeeds
Like a rock raised up
Where the vermin crawl
In champagne or caviar
In her ermine jacket
Everyone will see her, her wasted body
At the top of her bathtub
White as a lily
I'll kill the pianist
For what she did to me
Each day that God made
Each week, each month
And when it's done
When the day rises up
By the stage door
When everyone will know it is I
Then I will leave
I will cover her with gold
Then I will go
I'll kill the pianist
For what she did to me
Each day of my life
Each week, each month
I will bite her cheek
That one day was mine
On the piano of her nights
On the piano of her sheets
I'm gonna kill the pianist
So that everyone knows
That something exists
I'm an Indian, I'm an Apach
I'm an Indian, I'm an Apache
By which we make believe
That the pain is hidden away
I'm an Apache, I'm an Indian
By which we make believe
That the mountain is far away
I'll kill the pianist
I'll kill the pianist
I'll kill