The Backyard Of My Life
The Curious Case Of Suicide Sally And The Monkey Man
Theres a hole in the wall at the egale and child lipstick written on the bricks Suicide sally was out in the ally Melting blood for kicks Looking for gold in a tin can She was on the run from the monkey man Despreate for dreams Waiting for the light Hoping to fall in to the dead of night
Shes alright at the gates of hell She set them on fire Watched as they fell
The monkey man was an under cover cop Drinking coffe at the truck stop Poundering a newspaper Suicide sally spoke softly and calmly When she asked him for the time He pointed to the missing person picture Of sister moonshine nobody had seen her disapear She stole the cash and took the gear She screamed but no one seemed to hear She left through the backdoor And hit the cold dusty road
Shes alright at the gates of hell She set them on fire watched as they fell
Sistermoon shine was a good friend of mine She left a beautiful legacy Through a realy tough time The queen of salvation Standing at the station looking for the end of the line Shes got no way of knowing Where her life is going Like a spining wheel or the tumbling dice
Shes alright at the gates of hell She set them on fire Watched as they fell
Suicide sally got a job as a dancer down at the lions bar But she wouldnt take money From a cheap romancer Shes just out of reach but not too far The monkey mans throat was dry He stepped in to the club she caught his eye He showed her his badge Said honey your coming with me
Shes alright at the gates of hell she set them on fire watched as they fell
She climbed up a rope by the side of the stage Jumped out of the window Flew from the cadge A beautiful bird of paradise Had finaly escaped but the monkey man had a masterplan He would never give up the case His travles took him to china And an abondoned army base
Shes alright at the gates of hell She set them on fire Watched as they fell
In the middle of nowhere out in a cave Sistermoon shine tends to a grave wishing hoping praying to turn back the hands of time To before she stole the diamonds and chose a life of crime Meanwhile the monkey man had followed the trail Searching for answers looking for the grail Hes no futher on but refuses to fail Sistermoon shine was going to jail
Shes alright at the gates of hell She set them on fire watched as they fell
It was late one evening in the month of may Sistermoon shine surrounded She would not get away He told her to freeze put her hands in the sky Dont move a muscle or your going to die As he placed on the cuffs and read her the rights Suicide sally stepped out of the lights She killed the monkey man with a knife in the back They buried his body by the rail road track
Shes alright at the gates of hell She set them on fire Watched as they fell Watched as they fell Watched as they fell
By keith hagger