Pretty Young Things

[Verse 1:]
Hanging by the thread of his smoke
That he rolled
With the paper on the table
Reading news from the world that he owned
Yet'd never really know had he walked out the doorway
Laying on the bed of his coat
She could float
Like a feather on a river flowing through all the words that he wrote
She could know he was broke and would still love her anyway

[Chorus:]
Pretty young things
Pretty young things in this fucked up world
Only one thing
Yeah there's only one thing and that's diamonds and pearls
Pretty young things
Pretty young things
Pretty young things in this fucked up world
Pretty young, pretty young, pretty young things in this fucked up world

Daddy
I wanna pair of new shoes
Fast cars
And a diamond ring

[Verse 2:]
Isn't it a joke how she'd go
Cloak and daggers at his throat
Over laughter didn't matter that he'd croak
Like a rope around his neck without a hope he couldn't cope
Clean as soap now
Little did she know by the dawn of the day
He'd be gone another way
Getting further from the words he couldn't say
He would stay
But he'd pay
With the price of his soul now

[Chorus:]
Pretty young things
Pretty young things in this fucked up world
Only one thing
Yeah there's only one thing and that's diamonds and pearls
Pretty young things
Pretty young things
Pretty young things in this fucked up world
Pretty young, pretty young, pretty young things in this fucked up world