Jack The Ripper Lyrics - Henry's Dream - Nick Cave

I got a woman 

She rules my house with an iron fist 

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, well, I got a woman 

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

Oh, well, I got a woman 

She strikes me down with a hand of lead 

Oh, we bed in a bucket of butcher's knives 

I awake with a hatchet hangin' over my head 

Oh, well, you know the story of the viper 

It's long and lean with a poison tooth, oh yeah 

Oh, well, you know the story of the viper 

It's long, it's lean, it's got a poison tooth 

Well, they're hissing under the floorboards 

Hangin' down in bunches from my roof, oh yeah 

Oh, well, I got a woman 

She just hollers what she wants from where she's at, oh yeah 

Oh, well, I got a woman 

She just hollers what she wants from where she is at, oh yeah 

She screams out Jack the Ripper 

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