She Gave It a Name

She picked up a child and she gave it a name Foreclosed the mortgage took an axe to the maid Black and white dress bloody stains on the cuffs Imprisoned with jailhouse pinstripes exploding love She picked up a child and she gave it a name Jaywalked by bus boy blood brutality Stood fasting for curb jobs when blow jobs got old Looking for a tender mass to bring to the old She picked up a child and she gave it a name Boxed it with a bowtie and the Koran in hand Last thing we heard he was spitting up blood Holding on to hand grenades that exploded love She picked up a child and she gave it a name White as the sheet and black as the coal The embers are glowing a strange orange and yellowish mold Letting in life as death took its toll