PJ Harvey, John Parish - Taut lyrics

Jesus, save me jesus, save me

Can I tell you something?
Can I tell you a story?
It's about me and Billy
'Cause, 'cause I remember
I remember it all started when
He bought that car it was the first thing he
Ever owned apart from me
And the color was red
And the color was red and he drove me
He drove me out of my mind i'm over it now
It was spring or summer sixty five
I don't remember
Steaming and sweating and sticking
Against the wheel
And I could see the tendons stand out
In the back of his neck
And he used to make me pray
Wearing a mask like a death's head
When he put me there in the back seat
And he'd say

Jesus, save me jesus, save me

Inherited his father's hate is what he'd say
And he'd cuss enough to strip
The paint off Heaven's gate, but somehow
He could make joy come loose inside
I would feel really
I would feel really and truly alive
And I would do anything for him
It just wasn't enough, it was never enough
He'd turn to me and say, he'd, he'd say
"Even the son of God had to die, my darling"
And he wanted everything
He wanted everything
He wanted the honey from the cane
He used to make, he used to make me pray
Every morning hidden in
The backseat, "J-Jesus, "
He'd make me pray and he'd be
There and he wanted everything
He wanted the honey from the cane "Say it!
Even the son of God had to die, my darling
Go on, say it!"

Jesus, save me jesus, save me