Pound of Flesh Songtext
von Regina Spektor

If you′re never sorry
Then you can't be forgiven
If you′re not forgiven
Then you can't be forgotten
If you're not forgotten
Then you can live forever
If you live forever, then you′ll begin to dream
Of death
Death, death, death
Death
Ezra Pound sat upon my bed
Asked me which books as of late I′ve read
Ezra Pound sat upon my bed
Asked me which books as of late I've read
Asked me if I′ve read his own
And whether I could spare a pound of flesh
To cover his bare bones
I says: "Man, take a pound, take two,
What's a pound of flesh between friends like me and you"
What′s a pound


Of flesh among friends
What's a pound of flesh among friends
But if you′re never sorry
If you're never sorry
If you're never sorry then you can′t be forgiven
If you′re not forgiven
Then you can't be forgotten
If you′re not forgotten then you must live forever
If you live forever
You cannot be reborn
If you're not reborn
Then you can′t be a baby
If you're not a baby you can′t learn how to crawl
If you cannot crawl away and you must stay in bed all day
If you stay in bed all day
You're sure to have some visitors
Ezra Pound will sit upon your bed
Ask you which books as of late you've read
Ask you if you′ve read his own
And whether you could spare a pound of flesh
To cover his bare bones
You′ll say: "Man, take a pound, take two,
What's a pound of flesh between friends like me and you"
What′s a pound of flesh among friends
What's a pound of flesh among friends
What′s a pound of flesh among friends