Strange Fruit for David

[Verse 1]
I was a young man, starving and drinking
And trying to become a writer
And I remember that apartment
The smell of mice and dust
And the old woman with the pretty legs
All the kisses that I lost to your neck
I am a tennis player, playing on both sides of the net
And I will get you, yes
And I will turn you, I will turn you
Like a tattooed pigskin
And this time you won't forget my face

[Refrain]
Read my lips

[Chorus]
A sculpture is a sculpture
Marmalade is marmalade
And a sculpture of marmalade is a sculpture
But it isn't marmalade
She said: "With you inside me
Comes the knowledge of my death"
But I still had some oranges left
Underneath the bed

[Verse 2]
I came to you, I came to depend on you
I came upon you, I came upon your floor
But the god should be left alone
One mustn't bang upon the door
She said: "For everything that is visible
There is a copy that is hidden"
She said: "Nothing takes on life
Until it has been eaten"
I was working the hole with the sailor
And you wonder why you don't get invited to more parties

[Refrain]
Read my lips

[Chorus]
A sculpture is a sculpture
Marmalade is marmalade
And a sculpture of marmalade is a sculpture
But it isn't marmalade
She said: "With you inside me
Comes the knowledge of my death"
But I still had some oranges left
Underneath the bed