She Awoke with a Jerk - The Handsome Family

She awoke with a jerk

What had they done?

She awoke with the shock

What had they begun?

She awoke to the sound

Of their blue-white laughter

Hot in her hands

And an idea for a chapter

All she wanted was fame

Or playing the marital game

Maybe she just wanted love

When death came and gave her a shove

She awoke under the house

Two nights after fall

Another screw loose

In the space they call crawl

She awoke and she thought

Where is the sky?

It’s funny you know

How time flies

And she thought it was mud

Always gave him her blood

All she wanted to do

Was gaze up into the blue

She awoke with a jerk

What had she done?

She awoke with the shock

What had she begun?

She awoke to the sound

Of people who asked her

What do you want?

What is it you’re after?

All she wanted to do

Was tell him, «You bastard, I’m through--

Can’t do no more black shoe

With my nerves burning electric blue»