At first you seemed just like my dream of a finer, better life Much more than I could ask for in a lover or a wife Though I work with my body and my work makes my hands rough There are gentle things inside me that are anything but tough There are lessons you could teach me, things I do not know Things I've never done, girl, and places we could go But you only wear your tailored suits for me to rip and tear In my pocket I hold you quietly and smell your perfumed hair I saw you as the answer that I never dared to dream I saw you as a window into a world I'd never seen I saw you as a vision come to raise me from the mud But you came to use my sweat to cool the fever in your blood I'm not Marlon Brando on his motorcycle bike When you call me your animal, it's a name I do not like Oh, please do not tear my back, yes, of course I bleed The violence you thirst for is not what I need Your silken skin is armor that begs for brutal hands But why can't I be gentle and tell you of my plans? I know now that you're using me, not I just using you And you're not so scared of losing me as I of losing you At first you seemed just like my dream of a finer, better life Much more than I could ask for in a lover or a wife Though I work with my body and my work makes my hands rough There are gentle things inside me that are anything but tough I saw you as the answer that I never dared to dream I saw you as a window into a world I'd never seen I saw you as a vision come to raise me from the mud But you came to use my sweat to cool the fever in your blood *