Wake Up the Cat (feat. Vanessa McIntyre)

Cry baby cry and wake up the cat
But don't say goodbye you must never say that
For inside is fever there's nothing to see
And outside is nowhere we want you to be
So spoil your nightgown and soil your drawers
But don't come to meet me on distant brown shores
And brave me a starlight to shine my way back
And keep me all snuggly and safe from attack
Until the old noon bell rings and pastors emerge
And all the good children run off to the church
Where magick and monsters in tales are retold
And everything not nailed down grows too cold
When the windows aren't open there's nothing to see
But a cake in the oven, my baby and me
All hungry and pouting and banging her spoon
But I've nothing to do except wish on the moon

And her eyes hold a secret so awful and pure
Covered in boils for which there is no known cure
Rolling over and under with no sign of sleep
And the cat is still snoring with nary a peep
And mother will come down from heaven to yell
At the creatures who flee at the old noon time bell
And the heat from the mountains comes over the land
And the streets turn to clay and the people to sand
And those creatures, my baby and that old sleeping cat
Will stalk the remains and will not stop to chat
They will twist and they'll turn and uncover your face
And pull you right out of your clever hiding place
And strip you of pretense and fill you with lies
And howl like sick puppies at the pale moon-stained sky
So cry baby cry and wake up the cat
But don't say goodbye you must never say that
You must never say that