Hush little baby,

Don't mind my fingers

As they smudge black the innocence

And rub it round your eyes.

Hush little baby,

I know your legs are wobbling

Because I've strapped on stilettos

And your kiddy feet can't walk.

Hush little baby,

Let him bite your pretty neck

And leave those purple marks

For all the world to see.

Hush little baby,

Even when they stare

With those dirty dirty eyes

That want to strip you bare.

(It's only make-believe,

I'm playing in her shadow

Where I can hide

My little baby's smile.

And she's chained up my tongue,

Forbidden my tears;

She's scared, so scared

That you'll find me beneath her.)

See the black, dirty shadow I am chained beneath?