Sanctuary Rig - Louise lyrics

It's the rising moon Speaks roughly to her little girl Don't give away the goods too soon It's your foolish pride That says stay close to what you know It's not a sin to feel alive! Don't believe their lies Meet the bitter sting of criticism Right between the eyes Yesterday has gone And though your lovers may have fell away Your vision lingers on And Louise is striking poses And striking out alone She doesn't need a mother Or a man to feel at home Louise is on to something She can feel it in her bones But it's not easy—Louise In uncertain times It isn't hard to see You must be clever to be kind Every single day Is cut and dried and nullified It isn't hard to stay away! Honey ain't you heard? There's a new b**h on the block And she can cut you with a word Yesterday has gone And though your shaman-sickness fell away Your symptoms linger on And your doctors and your teachers Wonder where the old Louise has gone But she's proud and pained and pretty And she's really coming on strong And Louise is making waves Without permission or pretence She'd rather skate upon a razor blade Than sit upon the fence And when her words are framed in amber Generations hence Will you remember—Louise? Don't ya look surprised With your witch's silhouette You're not so hard to eulogise Yesterday has gone And though my silence fell away My admiration lingers on And all the preachers and the prophets Try to tell you that you're wrong And you remind me a lot of my boy-child self Before the whole thing went Pete Tong And you turn the wheel so well You send the teacher back to school And you've smashed down all the windows And you've broken every rule And you've shown the Three Wise Monkeys To be nothing more than fools And Louise she doesn't care If you're a sinner o a saint Louise can tell just what you are And see just what you ain't And I know there's a raw and honest beauty Underneath all that powder and paint But it's not easy—Louise Louise—Louise—Louise