You crawled up from the gutter You say you've seen the light Now you want to live life better Your sentiment is rather trite You say that you've learned your lessons But lessons they take time Meanwhile there are so many temptations Have a look at some of mine I loved her like a daughter She told you she's my slave After everything I gave her That thing still won't behave She's an animal An animal You ought to hear my story But I haven't got the time To offer a contrition For the way I spend my time To make you see my angle You'd have to step inside My palace of illusions Where there's nothing you can hide My little animal I grant people their wishes The first couple of times And I expect compensation Only asking for what's mine Before we go much further Before I let you go You know you really don't deserve her There's something you should know You're still an animal An animal I collected her the same way That the sea collected me And she'll do the same I tell you Just you wait and see She complains of feeling empty She's always wanting more I told her that I know the feeling What's she think I took her for But her appetite is ravenous for one so young and thin She's on the hunt for more than all the treasures in my den She's an animal An animal An animal An animal I think she's gonna leave me I guess I'll let her go But I've given her so much You know she really owes me more I think she's gonna leave me I guess I'll let her go But I'll need a new distraction This much you have to know 'Cause I'm an animal