Fishnets & Cigarettes Lyrics - New York Dolls

I was sittin' there all alone 

I was prayin' you would come home 

I was listenin' to an old blues song 

You see, I'm wounded, wounded and bleeding 

Won't you ease my pain? 

You're gettin' a little impatient 

Smokin' like a mental patient 

Happiness, fishnets and cigarettes 

A pagan monkey in a dress 

Tell me who can arrest 

A mind ensnared by love? 

A rogue elephant for a mind 

And it's treatin' me so unkind 

But in my heart it's an old blues song 

Playful and bitchin', mischievous and earthy 

Happiness, fishnets and cigarettes 

A pagan monkey in a dress 

Tell me who can arrest 

A mind ensnared by love? 

Talk about slayin' a snake 

You got my heart bound up in shame 

But in my soul it's an old blues song 

This life can be so tragic 

Until you see the magic 

Happiness, fishnets and cigarettes 

A pagan monkey in a dress 

I'm talking 'bout 

Happiness, fishnets and cigarettes 

A pagan monkey in a dress 

Tell me who can arrest 

A mind ensnared by love? 

Howdy baby, hey baby 

Please stay with me, I pray 

Hey baby, hey baby 

Don't let me cry in vain