Robyn Hitchcock - Linctus House lyrics

You know, I used to call my baby
Up, and we'd get real close
Just like the telephone was a sofa
And our thoughts would mingle
And we'd leave our minds wide
Open, like a big window in the evening air
And we'd say: "Hey baby
Come on in and help yourself to my soul
Hey baby
Come on in and help yourself to my soul"
But these days, even saying, "'Hello
How are you?' 'I'm fine
How are you?'" takes a lot of sweat

Ain't that a shame ain't that a shame
But in Linctus House in my flesh hotel
I don't care anymore
You know, my baby and me
As Kimberley would say, we'd
Curl up like two dogs in front of a fire
And our eyes would reflect each other in
The warm long heat of love
Yeah, the warm long heat of love
And I would hear the rain
Falling on the leaves outside
I couldn't stand to close the window 'cos
I'd shiver if I left her side
But now I'd shake if we should meet And I
Spend most of my time in the bushes

Ain't that a shame know what you're doing
Ain't that a shame know what you've done
But in Linctus House in my flesh hotel
I don't care anymore

'I understand how everything
Sometimes turns out
To be nothing, ' you say
But I wonder if you do
And if we understood each other, there'd be
No need to talk but even that
Even talking is out of reach
Should I say it with flowers
Or should I say it with nails?
I'm not the kind to push you around
But I don't want to make myself vulnerable
And if I was on my knees, you'd have
A pretty good view of my skull
And I happen to know you're carrying a chisel

But in Linctus House in my flesh hotel
I don't care anymore, no in Linctus House
In my flesh hotel i don't care
Ain't that a shame know what you're doing
Ain't that a shame know what you've done