Waiting for the Tenement King

Found a lonely jezebel with lipstick on her teeth

Just about to take a final curtain call

Between the winos and the tramps

She mapped out a place to dance

And she whispered pride just interrupts the fall

She said they drove my mind half crazy and the only thing that saved me

Was the day the devil taught my soul to sing

Then with the ritual complete they put me back out on the street

And now I'm waiting, waiting for the tenement king

The sky was dark with thunder on the nigh the preacher came

And it was just the way my mother prophesied

As the thirteen at the feast drew their knives to kill the beast

And served it up with relish and french fries

But when it's golden coins for the holy kid you gotta do what Katy did

Me I knew I had no gifts to bring

So while the party raged and the carnival was staged 

I just stood waiting, waiting for the tenement king

Lucy like the ladies, Jackie liked the girls 

Sweet Jane just got bitter then

Jimmy thought it was alright but you don't get off so light

Cos all that shit just comes around again

The cradle rocks away the years and the future disappears

And just before you know what's happening

They nailed you up against the screens turned the lights out on your dreams

And left you waiting, waiting for the tenement king

Amy Winehouse