Duties Songtext
von Peter and the Wolf

Oh, Caroline
Sucking his soul like a parasite
Clipping the wings from a butterfly
What could she do?
Oh, oh, oh, Caroline
Forking his tongue for the love is blind
Coiling his springs like a serpentine
What could she see?

Jack the boy, you wouldn′t believe
Shot the blanks and couldn't conceive
Mother, she chose to plant the seed of someone else

Won′t you lay your duties on me?
Lay your burden down
Why don't you put your curses upon thee?
Lay your duties on me


Oh, Caroline
Stripping her bare of her confidence
Blaming a bruise on an accident
Blackened and blue
Oh, oh, oh, Caroline
Cracking his smile with her tiger teeth
Playing his field for eternity
With his family to lose

Running away, you made the change
Leaving your lad, your wife, your maid
Making a break with everything we saved for

Won't you lay your duties on me?
Lay your burden down
Why don′t you put your curses upon thee?
Lay your burden down
Won′t you lay your duties on me?
Lay your burden down
Why don't you put your curses upon thee?
Lay your duties on me
Lay your duties upon me
Lay your duties on me

Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Lay your duties on me
Lay your duties upon me
Lay your duties on me


Lay your duties on me
Lay your duties upon me
Lay your duties on me
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Lay your duties on me