“Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed)”

If you could just behave and do what I tell you,
we could hold onto what little we have left.
I’m man enough for you to trust me.

I’ll show you who’s got hold of you now, you hear?
I’ll make you fear the one that you’ve reft.
If you could just behave and do what I tell you.

Everyone in this town knows what you are, a jeer,
A goddamned bitch that won’t seal this cleft.
I’m man enough for you to trust me.

But you’re a wench that’s going to veer,
and I don’t deserve the punishment of your theft.
If you could just behave and do what I tell you.

I never promise a woman anything, not as a peer,
but I’ll guarantee you, at finding I sure am deft.
I’m man enough for you to trust me.

Now, I’m going to make this loud and clear.
I’ve got this aching in my head that leaves me bereft.
I’m man enough for you to trust me.