Blood Wedding

Carlita is waiting down on c & 9th

In mantilla and lace and her lover's knife

Cries out for revenge but she is silent like a stone

And beautiful in her widow's weeds i wait in the darkness

Forever now alone

Too late for any tear shedding

While his bride waits down on c & 9th for her blood wedding

Why did you have to go out tonight

With the full moon in scarlet

And his silver knife waiting for you

And the remains of your life

Ticking away like some pitiful clock

And i who could not even be called your wife

Safe and warm in your bedding

And you the bridegroom off on your way

To your blood wedding

And the ukranian ladies

Light candles in the street

Where his body lay bleeding

And the projects are silent

Bracing for the heat

That must come from his blood wedding

Carlita why do you hate me so much i long for your body i die for your touch on my burning skin

And the smell of your perfume will always remain on my bed

But i died every time you entered his room i could not let him go on living and now you wait down on c & 9th

Dying to celebrate my blood wedding i wait in the shadows of c & 9th

With my fingers caressing

His sacred knife you loved my body

But he loved my soul

You thought you knew me

But what do men know

Except my lover whose shape is etched in chalk on the street

Soon to be washed away by the rain

While you wait in the darkness dreading

The shock of my knife

At your blood wedding