Madame Pompadour

Oh you sweet thing Sirens sing your name Sailors say that I’m to blame Broken on the waves, O save me Dance your fingertips On this sinking ship Dare the deep black sea With motets and litanies and casting off precious things A lesson Devil knows how to row Lash me to the mast, Madame Pompadour Madame Pompadour Sirens sing my name Nobody else to blame Lash me to the mast Madame Pompadour Madame Pompadour Sirens sing your name There’s nobody else to blame Oh you sexy beast From the distant east I’ve played all your games But no word’s safe enough to save me from perdition’s flames Bluebird, hear my prayer Save me from despair Bind me to her heart Scylla and Charybdis won’t never keep us apart A lesson Swingin’ low, here we go Lash me to the mast, Madame Pompadour Madame Pompadour Sirens sing my name Nobody else to blame Lash me to the mast Madame Pompadour Madame Pompadour Sirens sing your name And everybody knows that Ghostly rain and hurricanes and Stormy seas may roll But I’m the Master of my Fate And Captain of my Soul Seven Spanish ships set sail Down to the water in a long black veil But you, my dear Reinette Poisson Kept me strong enough to get back home Lash me to the mast, Madame Pompadour Madame Pompadour Sirens sing my name Nobody else to blame Lash me to the mast Madame Pompadour Madame Pompadour Sirens sing your name And then somebody sang Lash me to the mast, Madame Pompadour Madame Pompadour Sirens sing your name Nobody else to blame Lash me to the mast Madame Pompadour Madame Pompadour Sirens sing your name There’s nobody else to blame