basement kiss

lucy grace can't show her face

down in the north end road

for in belgravia

rumors have been whispered and suggestions have been made

did you sell your friends out when the heat got too intense?

you say you need the danger

but it's only a pretense

you say you need the money

but everybody knows

you can always fall back on your inheritance. did you bruise your arms on his false alarms?

did you bruise your pride on his smile so wide?

only fingertips from forbidden bliss

did you bruise your lips on that basement kiss?

who's that peeking 'round the door?

you can't come here no more

will you go home again?

she used to sit alone for hours

spends her evening watering dried flowers

when your mother came to stay and finally went to bed

lucy grace was in the front room shooting through your head

she tried to take your breath away

but gave you something else instead

did you bruise your arms on his false alarms?

did you bruise your pride on his smile so wide?

only fingertips from forbidden bliss

did you bruise your lips on that basement kiss?

that tuesday at the function

in her audrey hepburn hat

it doesn't suit her much

but she'll get over that

she'll be pale and feign indifference as they're handing out the prizes

spilling daddy's words of wisdom

and her ugly sister's tranquilizers

why were you so tardy putting up your guard?

when you bruise so easy and you try so hard

did you bruise your arms on his false alarms?

did you bruise your pride on his smile so snide?

only fingertips from forbidden bliss

did you bruise your lips on that basement kiss?