Cat's Blues Lyrics - Will Oldham

i'm gonna turn my back for awhile, down 

while nothing bad can or will befall 

the lights welcome me all by myself 

and the fires only bronze they do not burn 

well do you understand girls where its going 

i'll fuck girls, if there's violence to come 

why, happiness, ohhhh happiness 

they're crying, and their night has come 

See them in the theatre, they're very, very real 

Scold them when they come home, dirty, crying 

Well, love, is forbidden outwardly 

but inside there is no denying, oh 

so move love aside, boys, bury their hats 

and they suffer while they waste and hurt 

they are men who bow before us now 

and i do not trust them, no 

How many children are there like this? 

Yeah, and how many will I serve? 

o if i could have a clue what justice is 

it would be more than i deserve, oh