The Lament Of Pretty Baby Lyrics

The Lament Of Pretty Baby lyrics

I saw something I was not supposed to see
A ghostly memory that keeps on
haunting me

(The kitchen door was open a crack,
So naively we peeked
inside)

Oh, darling sister, have they hurt you, have they hurt
you?
Oh, Pretty Baby, they won't touch you
They won't touch you
again
We will fix this incident

I don't want to be seen as a pretty
thing
'Cause it's the pretty things that we're always
breaking...

(And now she whispers into the mirror:) I'm
broken.

Oh doctor, doctor, can you fix me, can you fix me?

Oh
Pretty Baby, you're so naive -- but it comes off so cute
We don't want to
fix you
We love you just the way you are
The butterfly pinned to the
page
The nightingale locked in the cage -- won't you sing for me?
Sing
for me, uh-huh
Yeah, we love you just the way you are
Crushed 'neath
fashion magazines
Trampled by circus pony dreams -- won't you kiss
me?
Won't you kiss me, uh-huh

Oh please, mister, can't you fix me,
can't you fix me? (uh-huh)
Someone, anyone, won't you fix me, won't you fix
me? (uh-huh)
Oh, someone, please, the moon has raped me
I can feel it
inside me
Oh, mama, please let someone fix me!
Let them fix me,
uh-huh
Let them fix me, uh-huh

So cry yourself to sleep
Cry
yourself to sleep 'cause I am strong and you are weak
Wait, you are strong,
and I am weak
Fuck -- just cry yourself to sleep