Miss Perfect Lyrics - Abstract Theory - Nick Cave

Helena 

I love you baby 

Sodapop 

You take the breath from me 

Make my life heavenly 

I can't believe the way the good Lord is blessin' me 

One in a million, mother of my children 

Me without you like car without engine 

You listen to my dreams that I vision 

Respect that I smoke Mary Jane, it's like my religion 

The pigeons, sometimes make you worry 

But I can see, you know my vision ain't blurry 

The innocence, still strong like a feminist 

I reminisce, on the first time we ever kissed 

In the devilish world you my only angel 

Cancel concerts to stay with you and watch cable 

Kiss your navel, candlelights on the table 

You never cared if I was financially stable 

12 years, to me it feels like 12 minutes 

My love for you, sees no limits 

[Chorus:] 

Where would I be without you? 

I know I wouldn't be rappin' into soundproof 

I know I wouldn't be pushin' a Benz 

I'd probably be gettin' transferred, to different pens 

Or chillin' with my dead friends 

Or still at the weed house makin' 5's and 10's 

Miss Perfect, God-given 

When I was lost, you made my life worth livin' 

They say nothing on this earth is perfect 

I don't believe it, you never cheated 

Perfect record, undefeated 

I needed a miracle to save my life 

When I was hustlin' and grindin' late at night 

I paid the price and listened to you bitchin' me 

You start bringing up the past, that's history 

Never again will I jeopardize 

That's a promise that I'll memorize 

Real love never dies 

It's paradise, no matter where we at 

The movies, the club, Six Flags, the Super Track 

I was a dropout, no education whatsoever 

But you stuck with me through all kinds of fucked up weather 

Hoping days'll get better like I said they would 

They said "Stand by your man", and there you stood 

I was 17, now I'm 29 

And I pray you'll be mine 'til the end of time 

[Chorus] 

Where would I be without you? 

I know I wouldn't be rappin' into soundproof 

I know I wouldn't be pushin' a Benz 

I'd probably be gettin' transferred, to different pens 

Or chillin' with my dead friends 

Or still at the weed house makin' 5's and 10's 

Miss Perfect, God-given 

When I was lost, you made my life worth livin' 

- Yo Ike' 

- What's the deal Los? 

- I know you feel me on this song, baby 

- Man, fo sho, my nigga, I got some fo' dis 

- Go on, wreck it, homie 

Man, I'm at that point in my life, I lost my kid to my wife 

And I been thinking was shife when I been up at the night 

So I be takin' a ride and I be thinkin' inside 

And I be wantin' to die cause I be wonderin' why 

But now I know it's too late and all I got is my fate 

And I be thinkin' real deep about my kids when they sleep 

And where the hell I went wrong, and how to hell to stay strong 

Cause now my babies they gone, and all I got is this song 

Try to make it all right, but not for them but for Ike 

And if I have one more night that I can treasure the life 

I know I do it all right with just my kids and my wife 

One night alone with no fights, with Kim just huggin' me tight 

Miss Perfect 

[Chorus] 

Where would I be without you? 

I know I wouldn't be rappin' into soundproof 

I know I wouldn't be pushin' a Benz 

I'd probably be gettin' transferred, to different pens 

Or chillin' with my dead friends 

Or still at the weed house makin' 5's and 10's 

Miss Perfect, God-given 

When I was lost, you made my life worth livin'