Poison

by Laurie Anderson

From the album: Bright Red

Track 10 of 14 on Bright Red (1994).

Duration: 3:45

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Lyrics for Poison

Spoken: Don't worry about me, baby Whenever you walk by me, I can here you breath I can smell the love you made when you were gone Darlin' don't deny it, or make excuses I've heard too many lies, to know that I'm not wrong Baby don't insult me I'm too tired to let it hurt me Baby just believe me And give me back my key, and set me free Chorus: Keep you're body to yourself, or give it to somebody else You're poison Can't you you see I'm far to tough to let it hurt I've had enough of your poison Don't lay your hands upon me Just crawl back where you came from I shutter at the thought of you touching me You've stained the love I gave you Baby, not for long So much I could have given you But now you'll never know Baby don't insult me I'm too tired to let it hurt me Baby just believe me And give me back my key, and set me free (Chorus) Got bad habits on your mind, you're underhanded I'm not blind to your poison Spoken: Don't make me laugh, you've told so many lies And of all the lies you told me, baby, you're the biggest You think you've hurt me I'm far too strong to let it get to me Can't you see that I'm not crying anymore So just get off my back, and leave me alone (Chorus)

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