Momus - Murderers, the Hope of women

From the Poison Boyfriend (1987).
Buy the album if you can find it.

Lyrics:
With this knife I cut the cake
Who will be my bride today
Sweet Fanny Adams
Watch her climb the step ladder
A present from her stepfather
Sweet Fanny Adams
See her reaching out and stripping down the muslin drapes
A cover for her nakedness, a veil for her face
With curtains for your wedding dress
You must take your place amongst
The Proper Little Madams
And now because I love you
I must take my place too

Amongst the murderers, the hope of women
Death in every new beginning
I must take this woman for my sentence of life
And she must take my knife

I will buy a ring of gold
And you will practise birth control
Sweet Fanny Adams
Like a puppet on a string
Of oestrogen and progesterone
Sweet Fanny Adams
This is where your misery starts
This is where your mystery stops
We'll rent a television
To replace Pandora's Box
And I will wear a business face
And you will learn your proper place
From those Proper Little Madams
And in my world of cut and thrust
I will learn that my place, my place must .....

Be with the murderers, the hope of women
Death in every new beginning
I must take this woman for my sentence of life
And she must take my knife

In my pipe and slippers
Do I look like Jack The Ripper?
Sweet Fanny Adams
But I poisoned you with every kiss
Smothered you with domestic bliss
Sweet Fanny Adams
Underneath the suntan from the sun lamp that we bought
Your face is paler than the pale face of a corpse
And from the seventh floor of our bungalow
You flung yourself down to where they stood below
Those Proper Little Madams
But in white hair, wrinkles and false teeth
I escaped detection by the police

One of the murderers, the hope of women
Death in every new beginning
I must take this woman for my sentence of life
And she must take my knife

Category:

Music

Tags:

• momus
• poison
• boyfriend
• idiosyncratic

[NarwhalsArePimps]

If anyone has a working, seeded torrent of Momus's stuff (esp. Circus Maximus), or has his records and is willing to send me the files, please let me know and I will give you my boy virginity.

[Maarttttt]

@NarwhalsArePimps You should try Soulseek. I can send it to you too, but it's more of a hassle.

[nadagordon]

muslin not muslim!!!

[Maarttttt]

@nadagordon whoops

[janmlt]

whats thats picture from? i saw it on an LP by facelessmind

[Maarttttt]

@janmlt Cassandra Cat review on the interweb

[MichaelBarry1992]

the effort put into this video is brilliant. thankyou very much!

[rrte2]

I have been married for 6 months now, it's not that bad until now at least

[zombiecopter]

@NarwhalsArePimps: he just put like 6 albums on ubuweb search his name on that site, i can't link to it.

[iusedtohaveaname]

I am in love with this song. It is perfect.

[falgiano]

@rrte2 haha nice. and good to hear!

[NaturalBornKillahs]

@Maarttttt wooop woooop juggalo

[lisasim]

Brilliant; the song, the video- Thank you!

[kindofobvious]

most definitely the best use of captions I have ever seen.

[theghostofchristmasp]

@mikungfu Much love. ;))))))))))))))))))))))

[borisjohnson2008]

I bet that cat doesn't realise quite how famous he's become.