Lyrics Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Faithfull

Sliding Through Life On Charm

The family tree was chain-sawed Wednesday week.

So now I have to mingle with the meek.

Hey mister! you have finally met your match

Now everybody wants to kiss my snatch -

To go where God knows who has gone before.

I am a muse, not a mistress, not a whore.

Oh - suburban shits who want some class

All queue up to kiss my ass

And I was only trying to please

I never got any royalties oh no - not me

I'm still sliding through life on charm

Sliding through life on charm.

If Marianne was born a man she'd show you all

A way to piss your life against the wall.

Go ahead why don't you leave me to these thugs?

And creeps who want to fuck a nun on drugs.

Is it such a sin I never, ever tried too hard?

I had to know how far was going too far -

In proper homes throughout the land Fathers try to

understand

Why Eunice who is seventeen - aspires to live her life

like me

Oh no - Can't ya see, Daddy?

She's just captivated by my charm

Sliding through life on charm.

Sliding...

Sliding...

Never!

I wonder why the schools don't teach anything useful

these days

Like how to fall from grace, and slide with elegance

from a pedestal

I never asked to be on in the first place.

Sliding on charm

Sliding on charm

Sliding on charm

Sliding on charm

Sliding on charm

Sliding on charm.