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on the main streets andthe avenuesin the condos white as knuckles,bruisedwith the carmine of the busyliquor barsthere's a dark and mystic beautyto these inner-city girlsthat slide by in the velvet oftheir carsthrough the dance halls and theshopping mallsand the subways filled withdresden dollsto the school of fallen angels onthe groundthe whole city's just anexpensive whorea forest nymph with a pompadourbut there ain't no woman aroundno there ain't no woman around,no there ain't no woman around
I'm surrounded by these girlsbut there just ain't nowoman aroundand the girl that fills my bedwill hear the words I should've saidto the only true love I ever found
I'll pretend that make-up inher purseis a day-dream, not a cursethat comes just to kick me downand I can still taste the youth ofher kissmaybe it's the childhoodthat I missedthe first time aroundthere's a weird shape toher charmsthere's a strange meat on her armsbut there ain't no woman aroundno there ain't no woman around,no there ain't no woman around
I'm surrounded by these girlsbut there just ain't nowoman aroundsometimes I feel I'm running like afever through the night and
I've run myself straight intothe ground
I miss your smile, your name andyour breath on my skin and I'mlost and alone in this crowdfrom the locks and curls andstrings of pearlsto the drunk and eager jelly girlsit's an all-day floorshowmatinee in townand it suddenly occursthat I'm surrounded by these girlsbut there ain't no woman around
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