Blood Wedding

Carlita is waiting down on C and 9th
In mantilla lace and her lover's knife
Cries out for revenge but she is silent like stone
And beautiful in her widows weeds
I wait in the darkness forever now alone
Too late for any tear shedding
While his bride waits down on C and 9th
For her blood wedding

Why did you have to go out tonight
With the full moon and scarlet and his silver knife
Waiting for you and the remains of your life
Ticking away like some pitiful clock
And I who could not even be called your wife
Safe and warm in your bedding
And you the bridegroom off on your way
To your blood wedding

And the Ukrainian ladies light candles in the street where his
Body lay bleeding
And the projects are silent, bracing for the heat that must come
From his blood wedding

Carlita why do you hate me so much?
I long for your body, I die for your touch
On my burning skin and the smell of your perfume
Will always remain on my bed
But I died every time you entered his room
I could not let him go on living
And now you wait down on C and 9th
Dying to celebrate my blood wedding

I wait in the shadows of C and 9th
With my fingers caressing his sacred knife
You loved my body but he loved my soul
You thought you knew me, but what do men know
Except my lover whose shape is etched in chalk on the street
Soon to be washed away by the rain
While you wait in the darkness dreading the shock of my knife
At your blood wedding

And the Ukrainian ladies light candles in the street where his
Body lay bleeding
And the projects are silent, bracing for the heat that must come
From his blood wedding
The Ukrainian ladies light candles in the street where his
Body lay bleeding
And the projects are silent, bracing for the heat that must come
From his blood wedding