Pale White Girls - Bob Geldof

Pale white girls

Look for love

Pale white bodies

Stretch for love

Scratching the flesh

Scraping of bones

Limbs that are trembling babe

For something to hold

Languid and liquid

Well maybe I’ll stay

Marbled and ghostly girls

Take me away

Your mouth on my body

In this tall room

Crushed, bruised and crimson

Lit by the moon

The fluorescent moon

Sacred those hours

Away from the storm

Wrenched from the deepest pits

Crying «Reborn, Reborn, Reborn»

And I will not follow

And I will not lead

Your permissions to bleed

Have been guaranteed

By the one

Whose approval you seek

Pale white girls

Scratch for love

Pale white bodies

Stretch for love

The crucifix stares

From its hip-cocked heights

But I hold the secrets now

Velvet the night

Velvet the night

And I will not follow

Why waste my time?

My permission to bleed

Has been guaranteed

By the one

Whose approval you need