Ropes in the Dark

Lamplight low and the floorboards creak Four walkers crossing the room

One's a bundle of wire and muscle

Chest puffed out like he's cast the moon He barks his orders

at the empty hall

Nobody listens, but

he's still the law

Then she rolls in like a rumour of silk Long and low

with a stolen shoe

Eyes like embers and a laugh in her teeth There's nothing she

won't dare to do

He taught her the words and she's learned them well Now she's

got more to say

than he can tell

And it's round and round,

and back again

The same old song,

the same old game

(round and round)

It's a tug, it's a pull,

it's a rope in the night Three paws and a heart on

the line

Nobody lets go, nobody wants to It's a knot we'll keep for

all time

Pull, pull, pull, pull A house that sings,

a house that stays Tug-of-love through the nights and the days

The cat's on the sill in a pool of light

Watching the world go by

She and the boss keep a careful peace A nod,

a glance, a quiet sigh

But the little one pounces,

nose-to-nose And the queen just narrows her eyes

Slow as a curse,

cold as ice And the house holds its breath

till the night goes by

And you can bark at the moon,

you can howl at the stars You can wander the halls till

dawn

But when the lamp goes down and the whole house sleeps

It's the rope

that holds you on

It's the rope

that holds you on

(pull, pull!) (holding

on!)