Shriekback - Mahalia lyrics

All the bloodbank boys they know her name With her heatwave eye and her fusebox brain See how the primal laws obtain And how my limp leaves wait for rain How my limp leaves wait for rain Mahalia! Mahalia! Look at the human wreckage she entrains And it's all out of her hands she claims It was the monster daddy who forged her chains But none of that stuff quite explains None of that stuff quite explains Mahalia! Mahalia! Ah the bile comes up as the drink goes down But it's all aboard for nutbar-town Her name is sonorous and brown It's a deeply satisfying sound A deeply satisfying sound Mahalia! Mahalia! Mahalia! Mahalia! Go steady in the dark Go steady in the dark Go steady in the dark Go steady in the dark Her china heart's exciting too But nothing that you should pursue She's a chemical lynx in the human zoo Her steely moods will run you through Steely moods will run you through Mahalia! Mahalia!