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    And here you are the only ones who ever cared.      So when I die   You can put on costumes    In the style of the clothes I wore   And sing the songs your lovers 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 on the beautiful toast you made    Take back the spade   We've both been filling up your time like we were filling in a grave      I hope you will forgive the way    I mispronounce your name and I'll forget about these ribbons in my hair    It's just the nature of the game    I am an animal in your care      An animal in your care    An animal in your care   An animal in your care      It's just the nature of the game    I am an animal in your care