An Animal In Your Care

Time after time
 You will forgive me
 Like an animal in your care
 But give it time
 You will outlive me
 And take the bow back you put in my hair
 Made a parade of myself in the street outside your house
 For the New York photographer there
 I fell for crime and I fell for beauty
 I fell for you because you're the one that cared
 And when I die
 You can put on costumes
 In the style of the clothes I wore
 And sing the songs your lover taught you
 When you were too young to know that this was what they were for.
 La la la la. La la la la. lalala [x2]
 Like some dead relative
 You will remember me most by my funeral
 And all the beautiful toasts you made
 Take back the spade
 We've both been filling up our days like we were filling in a grave
 You let me hang, hang, hang around
 You put your ribbons in my hair
 It's in this language that I found
 I am an animal in your care
 An animal in your care
 An animal in your care
 An animal in your care
 It's in this language that I've found
 I am an animal in your care