She broke both her legs hitting the ground
I stood over her screaming
Turned my head to the siren sound
And my back to her bleeding

Tell my girl that I'm sorry
Now there's so many locks on my door
Seven women came, seven bodies slain
Still they called out for more

'Cause these voices they talk to me daily
And they get wild when they're ignored
Oh, I'm lost here, it's a cost dear
It's something we can't afford

Oh, when the lights go down
And the clanging walls shut me away
I know, I know we built this
I killed him 'cause he got in the way

I came to bed about half ten
I could see that he'd been there
From the *** on your dress and the mess of your hair
I knew then that I'd kill him

So I walked slowly down to my kitchen
I took a knife from the second drawer
I barreled on down to the beer hall
And there I called his name just to be sure

Though he pleaded with me to be patient
Still I stuck him like a two bit *****
Oh, he bled out red
It gushed out and sprayed up against the toilet door

Oh, when the lights go down
And the clanging walls shut me away
I know, I know we built this
I killed him 'cause he got in the way

Now it's been fourteen years since I cut him down
Fourteen more till I see her
And I think of the times when she loosened her gown
And the whispers that I heard

So tell my girl that I miss her
And I didn't mean to do her harm
Cowering in my cell when the ringing bells
Sing loud the alarm

Because the borderline's close now to breaching
And I'm tired of these calls
The cutters in my hand and the other man
Is slipping down the call block wall

'Cause I'm tossed and I'm tired and I'm beaten
And I'm sick of all these chores
Oh, I'm lost here, it's a cost dear
It's something we could never afford

Oh, when the lights go down
And the clanging walls shut me away
I know, I know we built this
I killed him 'cause he got in the way