She sat on the pavement
As I pulled in the drive
Wearing leopard skin velvet
Shiny black eyes

"She looks like a sleeper"
Said my wife at the time
She had curls like Delilah
And a smile like the sun

She held my poor corpse
Like she`d never be done
And the caption in my mind said
"This is the one"

But I`m strong and I`m disciplined
And I avoided her for years
`Til one night, as usual
With my heart full of tears

A hand touched my back
And she was standing right there
And then I felt the luxury of her
I felt the luxury of her
I felt the luxury of her
I felt the luxury, whispering, whispering

Now, I`ll try hard to tell things just like they is
How my life was a desert before she came in
And wrecked it and ripped it and rubbed my nerves thin

How I liked to see her little feet pad around the house
The way she curled up quietly on the couch
I can still see her in my mind that way, now
But I felt the luxury of her, I felt the luxury of her, I felt the luxury of her

Well, time went by quickly
And her confidence grew
And she wanted this and that
And she wanted those too

And she wouldn`t shut up
And one day, I just blew up
Now, she`s in the hospital
For the second time

Maybe she`ll die, maybe I`ll cry
Therapists would say
"You`re in denial"
But love became inconvenient

Love became a literal drag
Very bad for business
I`d be better off a f**
She`s a model de sport
That I can`t afford

`Cause I`m a practical American
From the Middle-West
And I can piss on a grave
While welcoming guests

If cold`s what I am
I`m cold `till the end
And I felt the luxury of her
I felt the luxury of her

Now, I`m gonna continue walking
In the modern world
Which justifies every
Egotistical perversion
With scientific talk
And new ways to walk

But I`ll remember the religion
She became to me
And the other person I could have been
So, for now, I`ll say so long

I gotta go do wrong
I gotta go do wrong
I felt the luxury
I felt the luxury
I felt the luxury, luxury
Luxury, luxury, luxury