Jack the Ripper Songtext
von Nick Cave

I got a woman
She rules my house with an iron fist
I got a woman
She rules my house with an iron fist
She screams out Jack the Ripper
Every time I try to give that girl a kiss, oh yeah

Oh, well, I got a woman
She strikes me down with a fist of lead, oh yeah
Oh, well, I got a woman
She strikes me down with a hand of lead
Oh, we bed in a bucket of butcher′s knives
I awake with a hatchet hangin' over my head


Oh, well, you know the story of the viper
It′s long and lean with a poison tooth, oh yeah
Oh, well, you know the story of the viper
It's long, it's lean, it′s got a poison tooth
Well, they′re hissing under the floorboards
Hangin' down in bunches from my roof, oh yeah

Oh, well, I got a woman
She just hollers what she wants from where she′s at, oh yeah
Oh, well, I got a woman
She just hollers what she wants from where she is at, oh yeah
She screams out Jack the Ripper
Every time I try to give that girl a kiss, oh yeah

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah