Can’t Stop Killing You

(kirsty maccoll/johnny marr)

He blew into town like a paper sack
In a stolen car with a shotgun in the back he said
She cant run now, she cant hide
Im gonna get her back for her lies lies lies

He taught her how to pout
And he taught her how to tease
And he taught her how to beg
When she fell down to her knees he said
Your face is different
But youre really all the same
I have to teach you a lesson again and again

See I feel no pleasure
And I feel no pain
So what else can I do?
I cant stop killing you

When youre out there in the dark
Ill come rushing through your brain
When you wake up in the morning
Ill be coursing through your veins
When youre swimming in the water
Im the hand that drags you under
Im the lightning that strikes you
Just before you hear the thunder
I cant stop killing you

Well she woke up in the bathroom
With her face upon the floor
She said I dont know what Im doing here
But Ive been here before
And the fixit man had fixed her
cos hes such a little hitler
And he loves the feel of power
That she gives him through her terror
I cant stop killing you

Well she looked into the mirror
And she smoked her cigarette
And she wondered where shed go now
To find a place she could forget
All the things he said hed do
I cant stop killing you

When youre out there in the dark
Ill come rushing through your brain
When you wake up in the morning
Ill be coursing through your veins
When youre swimming in the water
Im the hand that drags you under
Im the lightning that strikes you
Just before you hear the thunder
I cant stop killing you