Laura calls me
In the middle of the night
Passes on her
Fateful information
Then these careless fingers

They get caught in her vise
Till they´re bleeding
On my coffee table

Living alone isn´t all that
It´s cracked up to be
Oh, oh, oh
I´m on her side
Why does she push the poison on me?
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Laura has a very hard time
All her life has
Been one long disaster
Then she tells me
She suddenly believes
She´s seen a very good sign
She´ll be taking

Some aggressive action

I fight her wars
While she´s slamming her doors in my face
Oh, oh, oh
Failure to break
Was the only mistake that she made
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Here I am
Feeling like a fucking fool
Do I react the way exactly
She intends me to?
Every time I think I´m off the hook
She makes me lose my cool
I´m her machine
And she can punch all the keys
She can push any button

I was programmed through

Laura calls me
When she needs a good fix (ah)
All her questions
Will get sympathetic answers
I should be so immunized
To all of her tricks (ah)
She´s surviving
On her second chances

Sometimes I feel like this
Godfather deal is all wrong
Oh, oh, oh
How can she hold an umbilical chord
For so long?
Oh, oh, oh, oh

I´ve done everything I can
What else am I supposed to do
I´m her machine
And she can punch all the keys
She can push any button
I was programmed through

Laura loves me
Even if I don´t care
That´s my problem
That´s her sacred absolution
If she had to
She would put herself in my chair
Even though I faced electrocution

She always says
I´m the best friend that she´s ever had
Oh, oh, oh

How do you hang up on someone
Who needs you that bad?
Oh, oh, oh, oh