Time after time   You will forgive me   Like an animal in your care   But give it time   You will outlive me   And take the bow back you put in my hair      Made a parade of myself in the street outside your house   For the New York photographer there   I fell for crime and I fell for beauty   I fell for you because you're the one that cared      And when I die   You can put on costumes   In the style of the clothes I wore   And sing the songs your lover taught you   When you were too young to know that this was what they were for.      La la la la. La la la la. lalala [x2]      Like some dead relative   You will remember me most by my funeral   And all the beautiful toasts you made   Take back the spade   We've both been filling up our days like we were filling in a grave      You let me hang, hang, hang around   You put your ribbons in my hair   It's in this language that I found   I am an animal in your care      An animal in your care   An animal in your care   An animal in your care      It's in this language that I've found   I am an animal in your care