At first you seemed just like my dream of a finer better life Much more than I could ask for in a lover or a wife Though I work with my body and my work makes my hands rough There are gentle things inside me that are anythin' but tough There are lessons you could teach me, things I do not know Things I've never done, girl, and places we could go But you only wear your tailored suits for me to rip and tear Ah, can't I hold you quietly and smell your perfumed hair I saw you as the answer that I never dared to dream I saw you as the window into a world I'd never seen I saw you as the vision come to raise me from the mud But you came to use my sweat to cool, the fever in your blood I'm not Marlon Brando on his motorcycle bike When you call me your animal, it's a name I do not like Oh, please, do not tear my back, yes, of course I bleed The violence you thirst for is not what I need Your silken skin is armor that begs for brutal hands But why can't I be gentle and tell you of my plans And I know now that you're usin' me, not I just usin' you And you're not so scared of losin' me, as I of losin' you At first you seemed just like my dream of a finer better life Much more than I could ask for in a lover or a wife Though I work with my body and my work makes my hands rough There are gentle things inside me that are anythin' but tough I saw you as the answer that I never dared to dream I saw you as the window into a world I'd never seen I saw you as the vision come to raise me from the mud But you came to use my sweat to cool, the fever in your blood