Jack The Ripper Lyrics - Singles - Nick Cave & The Bad Seed

Well, I got a woman 

She rules my house with an iron fist 

Well, I got a woman 

She rules my house with an iron fist 

She screams out, "Jack the Ripper" 

Every time I try to give that girl a kiss 

Well, I got a woman 

She strikes me down with a fist of lead, oh yeah 

Yes, I got a woman 

She strikes me down with a fist of lead 

We bed in a bucket of butcher's knives 

I awake with a hatchet hanging over my head 

Well you know the story of the viper 

It's long and lean with poison tooth 

Well, you know the story of the viper 

It's long, it's lean with poison tooth 

Well, they're hissin' under the floorboards 

Hanging down in bunches from my roof 

Well, I got a woman 

She just hollers what she wants from where she's at 

Well, I got a woman 

She just hollers what she wants from where she's at 

[Incomprehensible] 

Yeah, I got a woman 

She rules my house with an iron fist, oh yeah 

Well, I got a woman 

She rules my house with an iron fist 

She screams out, "Jack the Ripper" 

Every time I try to give that girl a kiss, oh yeah 

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah