Oh! What Joy! A child of our own
Oooh, such a handsome child
With a fusebox smile
I think he's trying to speak now
But he's got nothing to say
He must have nothing to say
Nothing, you say? He's all mine
I cannot hate you Why should I bother?
I never felt anything anyway
Dark in the bedroom Why did you bother?
You never saw each other, you should you see me now?
The child can't do anything right
Oh, why can't he be like us?
Tell me why?
Clean the mind of this plastic baby
You set these eyes deep in this face
I just repeat what you said
You set this flesh upon these bones
I just repeat what you said
I'm through with patience I'll wait no longer
You never waited for me anyway
This thing inside me, it's growing stronger
It's going to tear Tear until it sees the light of day
You set these eyes deep in this face
Now I just repeat what you said
You take my flesh and try it on
You'll just repeat what I said
Mother, you made me repeat what you said
I just repeat what you say
The story you told, still rings in my head
The young men came down, down to the river,
to wash their hands of the mud
The young men came down, after the stoning,
to wash their hands of the blood
See all the young men come down, down to the water,
to wash off the mud To wash off the blood
You just repeat what you said
You mean what you say
Young women came down, down to the river,
to wash their legs of the blood
Young women came down, after the birthing,
to wash their legs of the blood
I saw the women go down, down to the water,
to wash their legs of the blood
The bloodthe blood
Repeat what you said
You never mean what you say
I just repeat what you said
Keep still child
I'm washing your insides away
That's a good boy
You know we love you