Greyhounds Greyhounds Greyhounds - The Housekeeper Card

★ Verse 1 ★
She appears in rare readings
And only to young women
And only in times of crisis
New truths shuffled into focus
I dealt her from the deck
Two times that same week
A woman with blood on her wedding gown
And a knife between her teeth

★ Chorus ★
I said, Ladies, meet the Housekeeper card
Now, she can be your downfall
Or she can be your start
And she only wants the best for you
Like she never got for herself
She sees you at the bottom and she’s coming down to help

★ Verse 2 ★
Tuesday’s girl was easy
She had a cut still on her forearm
I asked her if he knew she’d come
As I placed the card into her palm
And she wouldn’t look me in the eye
When she said she could breath
When he held her down – when he covered her mouth
She said: I heard you help girls like me

★ Chorus ★
I said: Lady, meet the Housekeeper card
Now, she can be your downfall
Or she can be your start
And she only wants the best for you
Like she never got for herself
She sees you at the bottom and she’s coming down to help

★ Verse 3 ★
Marguerite had broken teeth but her husband never strayed
He said he only had eyes for her, and with his fists he kept it that way
She said: I know he loves me! He cries when he sees me hurt
But I won’t let the kids see this
And I can’t afford the dental work

★ Verse 4 ★
So swab his cheeks while he’s been sleeping
Collect up any food he’s eating
Distract him while he’s shaving just to get a drop of blood
And I’ll take these when the moon if full
With a softwood fire and a stray dog’s skull
And wait for her to rise up from the mud
Oh here she comes!
Oh here she comes!
Oh here she comes!

★ Chorus ★
Ladies: meet the Housekeeper card
Now, she can be your downfall
Or she can be your start
And she only wants the best for you
Like she never got for herself
She sees you at the bottom and she’s coming down to help