An inmate
Is like a child you must raise
Until they lower their defying gaze for good
And of a child
Who doesn't recognize their father
We'll make a dead man that can't recognize the murderer
The prison guards, they go home
Slowly
They go home
To their children sitting on the couch
Where on earth might
The monsters they were in the cell be?
They're locked up in a closet on a hanger
Come down, baby, come down
Come down, baby, come down
Gimme one last kiss, for I won't be coming back
In the morning
The first jailer
Found a stray dog
Outside his front door
And while he was being mauled by the beast
He was surprised to find out that it had my face
In the afternoon, the second hitter, the roughest,
Was killed by a swamp migratory bird
And while he was drowning, screaming, in the river
He only recognized me from the marks the blows left on my feathers
Come down, baby, come down
Come down, baby, come down
Gimme one last kiss, for I won't be coming back
Come down, baby, come down
Come down, baby, come down
Gimme one last kiss, for I won't be coming back
In the evening
The criminal court judge
Went to confession
To wipe his ass
He died of a stroke
During the prayer
Hearing my voice that cried absolution
At night
I went outside your place
And I yelled loudly:
"My love, I'm sorry!"
But you didn't open the door
Because something went wrong
And I understood that a dead man's apology isn't worth anything
Come down, baby, come down
Come down, baby, come down
Gimme one last kiss, for I won't be coming back
Come down, baby, come down
Come down, baby, come down
Gimme one last kiss, for I won't be coming back