"No Exit" P24

I tell you I haven’t a notion they wouldn’t tell me why

that’s so they wouldn’t tell me either but i’ve a pretty good idea perhaps you’re shy of speaking first right ill lead off i’m not a very estimable person

no need to tell us that we know you were a deserter

let that be its only a side issue i’m here because I treated my wife abominably

let that be its only a side issue i’m here because I treated my wife abominably

there she is the moment I mention her I see her its Gomez who interests me and its she I see where’s Gomez got to

there she is the moment I mention her I see her its Gomez who interests me and its she I see where’s Gomez got to

she’s sitting with my coat on her knees the coat with the twelve bullet holes the bloods like rust a brown ring around each hole

she’s sitting with my coat on her knees the coat with the twelve bullet holes the bloods like rust a brown ring around each hole

now can’t you shed a tear my love surely you’ll squeeze one out at last no

now can’t you shed a tear my love surely you’ll squeeze one out at last no

night after night I came home blind drunk stinking of wine and women but she never cried never uttered a word of reproach

night after night I came home blind drunk stinking of wine and women but she never cried never uttered a word of reproach

I don’t regret anything I must pay the price but I shan’t whine

I don’t regret anything I must pay the price but I shan’t whine

its snowing in the street won’t you cry confound you that woman was a born martyr

why did you hurt her like that

it was so easy a word was enough to make her flinch like a sensitive plant but never never a reproach

it was so easy a word was enough to make her flinch like a sensitive plant but never never a reproach

i’m fond of teasing I watched and waited but no not a tear not a protest id picked her up out of the gutter you understand

i’m fond of teasing I watched and waited but no not a tear not a protest id picked her up out of the gutter you understand

now she’s stroking the coat her eyes are shut and she’s feeling with her fingers for the bullet holes

now she’s stroking the coat her eyes are shut and she’s feeling with her fingers for the bullet holes

what are you after what do you expect

what are you after what do you expect

I tell you I regret nothing the truth is she admired me too much does that mean anything to you

no nobody admired me

so much the better so much the better for you I suppose all this strikes you as very vague

so much the better so much the better for you I suppose all this strikes you as very vague

well here’s something you can get your teeth into I brought a half caste girl to stay in our house my wife slept upstairs she must have heard everything she was an early riser and as I and the girl stayed in bed late she served us our morning coffee