Hiss on the Tape - John Martyn

She’s just a hiss on the tape

Her head’s so dirty

She’s a girl on the make

She could be fifteen or thirty

Got to give her a break

Her sensitivities glisten

She’s had all she can take

Still the tape keeps hissing

You can ask her the question

Ah she’ll tell you the lie

They’re too many to mention

Too many wondering why

She’s just a hiss on the tape

She’s just a hiss on the tape

She’s just a hiss on the tape

She’s just a hiss on the tape

She’s a ball in the air

Emotional token

Just one of a pair

Til her bond gets broken

There’s a point in the line

Her mind starts doubting

Just a dot on the card

All done bar the shouting

Ask her the question

She’ll keep telling the lie

They’re too many to mention

Too many wondering why

She’s just a hiss on the tape

She’s a hiss on the tape

She’s a hiss on the tape

She’s a hiss on the tape

Hiss on the tape

She’s just a hiss on the tape

Oh she’s just a hiss on the tape

She’s just a hiss

There’s a crack in her mind

There’s a fault in her logic

She’s fallen behind

She knows she just can’t dodge it

Like the snap of the trap

She closes up so tightly

She cut out all the rap

She just plays twice nightly

Ask her the question

She’ll keep telling the lie

They’re too many to mention

Too many wondering why

Oh She’s going out with a friend

She’s in a strange good humour

She got no time to spend

She’s just the start of the rumour

Just a silky suggestion

A sliver of thigh

It’s out of the question

Give the slightest of sighs

She’s just a hiss on the tape

She’s just a hiss on the tape

She’s just a girl on the make

She’s just a hiss on the tape

She’s just a hiss on the tape

She’s just a hiss on the tape

She’s just a hiss

She’s just a hiss on the tape

She’s just a hiss