On The Wrong Page

A tribute to Bettie Page.

On The Wrong Page

That smile could break your heart
Even as it made it start
Draw your blood out of your veins
With a thousand gorgeous pains
Old man Satan's girl-next-door
Dichotomous forevermore
Icon of a forgotten time
And of hidden sordid grime

Bettie, have you slipped into the blackness?
Bettie, are you gone forever?
Bettie, have you vanished in the darkness?
When you coming back, if ever?
Bettie, you were the first one
And every eye turned to you
Bettie you were the best one
We're on the wrong Page without you

Eyes are sweet, a little cruel
Mistress of the old school
Sparks of light 'neath coal-black hair
'Come hither' gleam that cries 'beware'
On beaches sunny sands of yore
And behind the dungeon door
Vixen of a youthful year
All but long forgotten here

Bettie, have you slipped into the blackness?
Bettie, are you gone forever?
Bettie, have you vanished in the darkness?
When you coming back, if ever?
Bettie, you were the first one
And every eye turned to you
Bettie you were the best one
We're on the wrong Page without you

Notorious for leather whips
And for smiles on virgin lips
There's innocence behind that smile
That no cruel world can defile
But still she slipped away at last
tired of doing what Klaw asked
Hid herself from prying eyes
And there she'll stay until she dies

Bettie, have you slipped into the blackness?
Bettie, are you gone forever?
Bettie, have you vanished in the darkness?
When you coming back, if ever?
Bettie, you were the first one
And every eye turned to you
Bettie you were the best one
We're on the wrong Page without you

On the wrong page without you...