You Never Can Tell

from Ecce Mono by Ian Freud

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Look at you
All in satin and lace
A certain smile on your face
To put me back in my place
You must have known
When I walked through the door
I’d end up crawling the floor
You’d hear me begging for more
Look at me
Like I’m a cat in a tree
Like I’m boat lost at sea
My god - what’s happened to me?
I thought I knew
But there’s a flicker of doubt
Now that I’ve been found out
And I found out I found out the hard way

Tie me, bind me
In ribbons and lace
Drag me straight down to hell
It just goes to show
You think you know me
But you never can tell

Now look at me
You’ve got me down on my knees
Whispering ‘please’
I beg for release
Look at you
Like a cat with the cream
I’ll be your familiar
And you’ll be my queen
Eyes sparkle darkly in the heat of the night
Black nylon shimmers against the white of your thighs
Strip me and whip me and hang me to dry
Now that you own me you own me you own me - I’m yours

Tie me, bind me
In ribbons and lace
Drag me straight into hell
It just goes to show
You think you know me
But you never can tell what I'm capable of
Tie me, bind me
In ribbons and lace
Drag me straight down to hell
It just goes to show
You think you know me
But you never can tell

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from Ecce Mono, track released March 4, 2020

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Ian Freud Leeds, UK

Idiot. Plainly too old, bald, fat and out of touch for this. Pay in pies and you have me for life.

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