you persuade me

to thank you in kind

send me your worst
the smile or the hearse
the flowers, the tear drops
whichever comes first

but seek and you'll find
a dagger enshrined
you persuade me to thank you in kind

with heart on the line
make haste the time
the knife or the poison
whichever the crime

but with grand design
and life on a dime,
you persuade me to thank you in kind







the persuaders by roisin murphy and bullitts