Black Betty & The Moon

My love, my love, you're the sting of the scorpion

Consider, now, the angels, a little lower than you

And they twist and they turn, and they hold their breath 'til it's blue

And they can't turn away like I can, when you're lookin' like you do

Looky Black Betty, what they're tying to you

You did the very thing, baby, that I asked you not to do

And now you got yourself caught in the silk spiderweb

I hope the money fills the holes, can see the roof is caving in

My heart, my heart, you're the moon and her shining light

Darkness and void of form, like you were keeping me alive

And I've been dreaming of poisonings from the venom of my enemies

Clever as the viper, dear, but gentle as a stampede of stones

Looky Black Betty, what they're tying to you

You did the very thing, baby, that I asked you not to do

Now you got yourself caught in the silk spiderweb

I hope the money fills the holes, can see the roof is caving in

And they want you to doubt every trust that you've known

And they wanna find the holes in the armor exposed

And they come on whispering,

If you just do this for me...

And turn and show their teeth just before they're sinking in

And better than described and deeper the decent

I never thought we'd have to learn to doubt our friends

And better than described, so much deeper the decent

I never thought we'd have to learn to doubt our friends

Looky Black Betty, what they're tying to you

You did the very thing, baby, that I asked you not to do

Now you got yourself caught in the silk spiderweb

I hope the money fills the holes, can see the roof is caving in

Looky Black Betty, what they're tying to you

You did the very thing, baby, that I asked you not to do

Now you got yourself caught in the silk spiderweb

I hope the money fills the holes in the place I used to stand