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Amsterdam |
AmsterdamEvery Sunday Morning I prayed for her And every Saturday night I paid for her She stood in a doorway on Delancey Sucking on her cigarette A cadaver fresh from the limousine Neon light reflection Glistening off her tantric skin She wore sticky red lipstick And a trench coat Stained with a decade of discharge Black garters Wrapped around her thighs Tight enough To get you high "What's your name?" I asked her "Amsterdam," she said While stuffing a roll of twenties Into her black lace bra She asked what I was looking for And before I could lie She runs The tip of her tongue Along the edge of my ear And drags a red finger nail Along my whore rising Retarding my will To change your mind Then hitching her boot heels Deep into her spine She'll rides me With all the precision And the panic Of a cocaine fire drill Where there's smoke- there's a liar She'll tell you You can have her For a dollar thirty five And then she'll tell you You can have her For a dollar thirty five And then she'll tell you You can have her For a dollar thirty five But you can't own Amsterdam For a dollar thirty five She leaves you alone With a hungry itch The promise of her flesh Out of reach No control of your cash To bribe the scratch You leave her With a wet rain coat On you back After watching your ejaculation Falling short of the horizon You want to tell her you love her But she exist stage right Clad in dirty black lingerie Leaving a graffiti satin On your balls Written in mascara lies I see her every now and then From the other side of the street She still calls to me Now and then But her dial tone Is out of style |
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