Martha's Mantra (For the Pain) - Neil Halstead

Martha takes the Greyhounds

She says she lost her mantra way down South

But all that repetition just got her down, got her down

Now she says she won’t do drugs

Because she found something to love

She cured herself of everything

There’s nothing left but hair and skin

The only thing I asked her

Was did she have a plaster

For my pain, oh for the pain

She closed her eyes and took my hand

She said 'God might have a plan for me'

But making love in Martha’s room

I felt like I could see through her to him

But heaven is the place that’s open

When all the bars in town are closed

Heaven is the place, I never find

The only thing I told her

Was that God would have no answer

For my pain, oh for the pain, oh for the pain

She threw my clothes against the wall

She said 'I've met your type before

Don’t go, oh don’t go'

I’ve cured myself of everything

And now I think I know what makes you tick

She tied my hands about my head

Said a prayer and fetched her wit

She said the devil hides within my heart

The only thing I asked her

Was did she have a plaster

For my pain, oh for the pain

Oh for the pain, oh for the pain