You Tripped At Every Step - Brutal Youth

Take your tiny feet out of your mother’s shoes Or there is going to be a terrible scene It’s not just the lipstick drawn on crooked When they find how wicked we are How wicked we have been How i’ve been tempted Chorus: How you tripped at every step You tripped at every step, you […]

This Is Hell - Brutal Youth

this is hell Chorus: This is hell, this is hell I am sorry to tell you It never gets better or worse But you get used to it after a spell For heaven is hell in reverse The bruiser spun a hula hoop As all the barmen preen and pout The neon "i" of nightclub […]

Sulky Girl - Brutal Youth

She wears a wedding ring her sister lent To throw them off the scent Just let them guess, it’s what they expect Who in the world has bitten her neck? She’s discovered wearing last night’s dress The carnal and cunning, she couldn’t express Who do you think she’s trying to impress? Chorus: I think you’d […]

Still Too Soon To Know - Brutal Youth

Do you love him Or is it still too soon to know? When i think back a couple of days Before i found you in his spell Was there a warning? What can i say Should i look away It’s still too soon to know Are you sorry Or is it still to soon to […]

Rocking Horse Road - Brutal Youth

The chains from the bridle and the reins fell from my hands The engines are idle and the ship sails on dry land I stood there stupefied, i thought i recognized Walking down rocking horse road, getting lost Shot through vaseline, he picks up the paper from the lawn And tucks "the suburban assassin" underneath […]

Pony Street - Brutal Youth

She lives on pony street And they should scatter flowers at her feet But when they come calling i think it’s appalling They’re sober and they’re polite They’re deeply respectful when i would expect them To keep her out all night That little martinet Will get her own way yet If you need instruction in […]

My Science Fiction Twin - Brutal Youth

My science fiction twin Is doing better than expected He captured a little blonde trophy wife Who’s really very well connected And when he calls home with his alibi She says "is this really necessary?" But she knows that a man can’t be a man Unless he’s punishing his secretary He sips in the glow […]

London’s Brilliant Parade - Brutal Youth

Outside my window Not long before sleep arrives They come with their sirens And they sweep away all the boys Busy draining the joy from their lives They never said their prayers out loud And while i’m dreaming There’s a passing motor car That broadcasts a popular song And a girl appears to be saying […]

Kinder Murder - Brutal Youth

Here in the bar, the boys like to have fun There’s a wager lost and an argument won There’s a stone-washed damsel on a junk food run It’s a kinder murder There’s a ladder to heaven from a battered stiletto Spitting out the words that he put into her mouth See her in silhouette going […]

Just About Glad - Brutal Youth

I’m just about glad that i knew you once And it was more than just a passing acquaintance I’m just about glad that it was a memory That doesn’t need constant maintenance There are a few things that i regret But nothing that i need to forget For all of the courage that we never […]