With whiskey breath and the chill of death
I watched her walk alone
Why was she in this ghastly place,
So far away from home?
Should I go close or keep away
I can't make up my mind
She's so pretty in that flowery dress
This girl who could never be mine
Sometimes I feel I know her well
I've watched her so many times
Through busy streets and narrow lanes
The girl who I wish was mine
She works by the bay in a restaurant
Her shift is till the eve'
I don't go home straight after work
But wait for her to leave
In the shadows of dusk and night
A silhouette am I
As I follow her home every single day
Oh I want her to be mine
But one dark night she strayed from the path
She usually does take
Where was she going? This all must be
A terrible mistake
For the route she took went through a place
With the scum of society
It was dark and filled with shady things
No place for a girl like she
"Go on and help her", said a voice
I had never heard before
"Isn't this the girl you want
To be yours forevermore?"
"Then why so shy? Go on! Go on!
You've no reason to be scared."
"Go grab her by the arm and then
Just get her out of there!"
"But who are you? And why'd you care"
'bout this girl that I adore?"
"I am the devil and I promise you
She'll be with you forevermore"
With such thoughts running through my mind
I quickly ran to her
And grabbed her by the arm and said,
"You must get out of here!"
"Let go of my hand", she cried aloud,
while pushing me away
I tried to make her understand
She had no reason to be afraid
But no! She went on pushing me
And began to make a scene
I tried to stop her gently, but
She then began to scream
On and on, She kept on screaming
Her voice drenched in abject fear
But then devil's voice began to grow
within me e'er more clear
"Just shut her up, or else she'll wake
This stinkin' neighbourhood"
The advice did seem, right at that time,
Quite frankly, pretty good!
And so at first I gently did
With hand over her mouth
Try to stop her screaming and
Calm her panic bout
"I'm only trying to help you",
I whispered in her ear
But all this did was amplify
The fear of me in her
She tried to scream e'en more and so I
cupped my hand more tight
But in awhile she stopped her struggle
And seemed to cease her fight
But when she stopped I noticed that
Her blue eyes were blood-red
Twas then that I did realise
The pretty girl was dead
I backed away with shaking hands
My deed on me did dawn
I'd ended life that was most sweet
The girl I want is gone
"What did you make me do to her?
You seemed so very sure!"
"I only asked you to keep her quiet,
Not suffocate the whore."
"How dare you speak of her in such a way,
She was innocent, you know..."
"Well aren't we all, my guilty friend?
We're puppets in a show!"
The voice that seemed so sure before
Had now abandoned me
How could I be so stupid to even think
She'd listen to me
And so I fled from the dark, stale place
Pictures flashing through my mind
Of how I plucked a bloss'ming flow'r
The girl who I wished was mine
I could not sleep, I could not eat
Throughout that fateful night
Her scream, her eyes, her cold limp hands
Were scorched into my mind
Among the 'papers, news and authorities
A furore it did draw
It wasn't long before they were at
The guilty person's door
A speedy trial was set in place
I sat in chains throughout
The prosecution told of what I'd done
And the jury had no doubt
"The devil told me to do it", I cried
Why do they think I lie?
They shook their heads and sneered at me
"This man deserves to die!"
The courtroom echoed with the sound
The judge's gavel made
My hopes of an acquittal then,
Like dusk, began to fade
"Your Honour, it's all a big mistake
Don't you see I'm just a pawn?"
"Get this fellow out of here. Make sure
he's dead before it's dawn."
With no further questioning
Hand-cuffed, I was led from court
The state's reward for the deed I'd done
For the life I had cut short
How hard it is to face your life
In a retrospective glance
When you're sleeping in a holding cell
And you know this night's your last
But face I must, and face I do
When I think back regretfully
To the night that ended the lives of two
And the voice that's abandoned me
Then just before the dawn I hear
A cackling, evil laugh
The voice is back to tell me that
My time is up at last
"I tried to help you stop her screams
'cause you wanted to help her."
"But little did I know that you
Are a filthy murderer!"
This was more than I could take
Such malevolent stuff
Minutes like an eternity
Death couldn't come soon enough
And as I descended down into
Self-loathing for my wrongs
The jailer came to tell me that
My execution won't be long
'cuffed again, I left my cell
I'd given up the fight
"Dead man walking", yelled the guard
The end was now in sight
My earthly life was ended, much
Before I'd lived my time
I'd reaped what I myself had sowed
Punishment befitting crime
But this is not the end, you know
Atheists must read and weep
There is a world beyond our own
Of heaven and the deep
I'm cast into the place well known
Where countless fires burn
A land of darkness and most def'nit'ly
From which I cannot return
And now as I burn in the Lake of Fire
Too real to be a dream
Amidst the weeping, gnashing teeth
I hear a familiar scream
As I look 'round I see her face
The victim of my crime
I can't believe - The voice was right!
She is forever mine
- Tim David
I watched her walk alone
Why was she in this ghastly place,
So far away from home?
Should I go close or keep away
I can't make up my mind
She's so pretty in that flowery dress
This girl who could never be mine
Sometimes I feel I know her well
I've watched her so many times
Through busy streets and narrow lanes
The girl who I wish was mine
She works by the bay in a restaurant
Her shift is till the eve'
I don't go home straight after work
But wait for her to leave
In the shadows of dusk and night
A silhouette am I
As I follow her home every single day
Oh I want her to be mine
But one dark night she strayed from the path
She usually does take
Where was she going? This all must be
A terrible mistake
For the route she took went through a place
With the scum of society
It was dark and filled with shady things
No place for a girl like she
"Go on and help her", said a voice
I had never heard before
"Isn't this the girl you want
To be yours forevermore?"
"Then why so shy? Go on! Go on!
You've no reason to be scared."
"Go grab her by the arm and then
Just get her out of there!"
"But who are you? And why'd you care"
'bout this girl that I adore?"
"I am the devil and I promise you
She'll be with you forevermore"
With such thoughts running through my mind
I quickly ran to her
And grabbed her by the arm and said,
"You must get out of here!"
"Let go of my hand", she cried aloud,
while pushing me away
I tried to make her understand
She had no reason to be afraid
But no! She went on pushing me
And began to make a scene
I tried to stop her gently, but
She then began to scream
On and on, She kept on screaming
Her voice drenched in abject fear
But then devil's voice began to grow
within me e'er more clear
"Just shut her up, or else she'll wake
This stinkin' neighbourhood"
The advice did seem, right at that time,
Quite frankly, pretty good!
And so at first I gently did
With hand over her mouth
Try to stop her screaming and
Calm her panic bout
"I'm only trying to help you",
I whispered in her ear
But all this did was amplify
The fear of me in her
She tried to scream e'en more and so I
cupped my hand more tight
But in awhile she stopped her struggle
And seemed to cease her fight
But when she stopped I noticed that
Her blue eyes were blood-red
Twas then that I did realise
The pretty girl was dead
I backed away with shaking hands
My deed on me did dawn
I'd ended life that was most sweet
The girl I want is gone
"What did you make me do to her?
You seemed so very sure!"
"I only asked you to keep her quiet,
Not suffocate the whore."
"How dare you speak of her in such a way,
She was innocent, you know..."
"Well aren't we all, my guilty friend?
We're puppets in a show!"
The voice that seemed so sure before
Had now abandoned me
How could I be so stupid to even think
She'd listen to me
And so I fled from the dark, stale place
Pictures flashing through my mind
Of how I plucked a bloss'ming flow'r
The girl who I wished was mine
I could not sleep, I could not eat
Throughout that fateful night
Her scream, her eyes, her cold limp hands
Were scorched into my mind
Among the 'papers, news and authorities
A furore it did draw
It wasn't long before they were at
The guilty person's door
A speedy trial was set in place
I sat in chains throughout
The prosecution told of what I'd done
And the jury had no doubt
"The devil told me to do it", I cried
Why do they think I lie?
They shook their heads and sneered at me
"This man deserves to die!"
The courtroom echoed with the sound
The judge's gavel made
My hopes of an acquittal then,
Like dusk, began to fade
"Your Honour, it's all a big mistake
Don't you see I'm just a pawn?"
"Get this fellow out of here. Make sure
he's dead before it's dawn."
With no further questioning
Hand-cuffed, I was led from court
The state's reward for the deed I'd done
For the life I had cut short
How hard it is to face your life
In a retrospective glance
When you're sleeping in a holding cell
And you know this night's your last
But face I must, and face I do
When I think back regretfully
To the night that ended the lives of two
And the voice that's abandoned me
Then just before the dawn I hear
A cackling, evil laugh
The voice is back to tell me that
My time is up at last
"I tried to help you stop her screams
'cause you wanted to help her."
"But little did I know that you
Are a filthy murderer!"
This was more than I could take
Such malevolent stuff
Minutes like an eternity
Death couldn't come soon enough
And as I descended down into
Self-loathing for my wrongs
The jailer came to tell me that
My execution won't be long
'cuffed again, I left my cell
I'd given up the fight
"Dead man walking", yelled the guard
The end was now in sight
My earthly life was ended, much
Before I'd lived my time
I'd reaped what I myself had sowed
Punishment befitting crime
But this is not the end, you know
Atheists must read and weep
There is a world beyond our own
Of heaven and the deep
I'm cast into the place well known
Where countless fires burn
A land of darkness and most def'nit'ly
From which I cannot return
And now as I burn in the Lake of Fire
Too real to be a dream
Amidst the weeping, gnashing teeth
I hear a familiar scream
As I look 'round I see her face
The victim of my crime
I can't believe - The voice was right!
She is forever mine
- Tim David
