Debt Collector - Daniel Knox

Once upon a time there was a man

He was standing where you’re standing now

But no one’s heard from him

Once upon a time there was a girl

But a girl has other ways to pay

Are you a married man?

When you owe me, you owe me

You don’t want to know me

I’ll say hi to your friends

See how far

The finger bends

Once upon a time there was a boy

He said things a boy should never say

I crushed his skull and teeth and broke his neck and —

— Once upon a time there was a corpse

Hard to say if it was boy or girl

From what was left behind

When you owe me, you owe me

You don’t want to know me

I’ll sneak into your house

I’ll be as quiet as a

Little mouse

If you were late to church

God may forgive you but the devil will follow you home

And crawl in bed with you

And if you were late for me

I’d take an axe to everything you love

Or my bare hands

When you owe me, you owe me

You don’t want to know me

Never a moments rest

I’ll rip the infant from his mother’s breast