Lyrics to Sphinx

My sphinx is a jinx she's had too many drinks

Stodd on too many brinks and got the shove

she speaks in riddles 'cause that's just the way

she thinks she's taken too much abuse from

above

I ask her point blank just too see if she blinks

Was she ever seduced or in love

She tells me I'm talking just like one of

her shrinks and she touches my mouth

with her glove.

I was in love she admits but we were opposites

in a bttle of wits to the end in a series

of seizures and violent fits that were

mostly make belive and pretend oh and

isn't it hard when it finally hits

that your lover is less than a friend

And all your exchanges are just poor

counterfeits for tender too precious to spend

(- the yarn interlude - "Fate would find that

she wasn't looking when her luck ran in" -)

I woke up in the dust cross-eyed and

concussed my eyes tried to adjust to the light

Sphinx was on trial for betrayl of trust

Her trial had lasted all night you know

I could not remember what we discussed

My mind wasn't functioning right but I knew

The judge was a jerk and the jury was

just 12 men in search of a fight

Anything you say can and will be held

against you --

They sentenced my sphinx

To unsatiated lust some say

the sentence was light

My sphinx is a damn jinx.