[Verse 1: Goth-pop female lead, commanding, stomping kick] Half past eleven on the thirty-first Boots up on my counter like he paid the rent Calls my flash a phase and says my parlor's cursed Forty for a skull and not another cent I don't argue, darling, I just load the gun Black on black, I take my time until it's done Not a skull, a snake around his wrist instead Coiled up tight with a diamond for a head [Pre-Chorus: Goth-pop female lead, buzzing bass rising] He looks at it and says it's kinda cheap I smile and say, "Just wait till midnight, sweet" [Chorus: Goth-pop female lead, full-throated] I'm under your skin now Movin' where you can't reach You paid me forty, now you pay me back somehow I'm under your skin now You laughed at the needle Now the needle's got your name Every line I gave you is comin' home again I'm under your skin now [Verse 2: Goth-pop female lead, chiming guitar, stomping kick] Midnight on the stroke, he's at a bar downtown Feels a little itch along the fresh black line Looks down at his arm and the scales slide round The head lifts up and blinks at him and starts to climb Glasses hit the floor, the bartender backs away He's slappin' at his elbow, he's beggin' it to stay But I never let my work go home with men like that Every piece I make knows the way to get back [Pre-Chorus: Goth-pop female lead, buzzing bass rising] He looks at it and says it's kinda cheap I smile and say, "Just wait till midnight, sweet" [Chorus: Goth-pop female lead, full-throated] I'm under your skin now Movin' where you can't reach You paid me forty, now you pay me back somehow I'm under your skin now You laughed at the needle Now the needle's got your name Every line I gave you is comin' home again I'm under your skin now [Bridge: Goth-pop female lead, pitch dive, her held note sliding all the way down as it slips away] Off the elbow, off the palm, across the floor Under all the barstools and out the door Down the street and past the bus Back to the only one it trusts It finds my boots and climbs my wrist And settles in the place it missed [Final Chorus: Goth-pop female lead, full-throated, guitar ringing out] I'm under your skin now Movin' where you can't reach You paid me forty, now you pay me back somehow I'm under your skin now You laughed at the needle Now the needle's got your name Every line I gave you is comin' home again I'm under your skin now [End]
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