Oh I wouldn t want to live
in a world without grudges.
I m waiting for you in the back of some bar.
In some city where I m living at the top,
life clear and skin taut.
I ll be sitting at the bar there drinking
you just walk up and introduce yourself.
Jesus I m jumpy just relax you dumb motherfucker
it s so hard to keep quiet in these times.
For the longest while there s been a thought
in the back of my mind which can not help
but bring ruin.
It s been one perfect crime, all my life until tonight.

You and I, we have a lot in common.
We met at some party or at some bar.
It was one of those night when everything
seems like a good idea,
one of those nights when every drink was free.
It was one perfect crime.

I have always been very articulate about
things I will decide to change my mind about later.
I m still thinking of you sitting at my family seder,
always staring at Elijah s cup
cause it s the only one still filled up
and never believing that shit about
angels fearing to tread.

It s been one perfect crime, all my life
until tonight.