Belfast - The Golden Palominos

You lick her diamond and kiss her pearl

But you can’t get the Belfast out of the girl

This is how you throw her, you think you know her

Empty as wire, violent as fire

Make up your mind as she makes up her face

She’ll never really know her place

You’ll lay on her frame and give her a new name

And bless her with all you can spare

Empty as wire, violent as fire

You’ll carve her out of thin air

She’s crashed home and cruised your world

But you can’t get the Belfast out of the girl

This is how you throw her, you think you know her

Empty as wire, violent as fire

She hasn’t left you yet but she will

By airplane ticket or kill-me pills

Sewn into her dress, she can’t refuse

(careful what you love, what you abuse)

She knows violence, she knows please

Her hands for cuffing and she says nothing

And hooks her hands behind her knees

You fuck her flag and feel it unfurl

But you can’t get the Belfast out of the girl

Twist her arm til she’s cries uncle

Crawling through your bedroom jungle

Turn off the light, time to succeed

She’s China glass, there to bleed

Her lovely throat, her lovely cough

White eyes are smoking, black sea is broken

She’s already destroyed, just finish her off

Hold down her hand and see it curl

But you can’t get the Belfast out of the girl