I was blind
   I was lame
   I was nothing
   'Till you came
   You said "Babe,
   Make you sing
   Make you feel
   Like some queen"
  
   Said "I'll take you Kathleen
   To your home and mine"
   Lord, he hooked me
   Fish hook and line
  
   And rode in fucking mad (?)
   With a halo of deep black
   'Til my love made me gag
   Call him Daddy, take my hand
  
   Said "I'll take you Kathleen
   To your home and mine"
   Good Lord, he hooked me
   Fish hook and line
  
   I'm hooked
   Oh higher
   Oh beautful
   Oh higher
   Oh beautiful
   Oh higher
  
   Now I'm blind and I'm lame
   Left with nothing but his stain
   "Daddy your maid, she can't sing
   She can't feel, she's no queen!"
  
   Said "I'll take you Kathleen
   To your home and mine"
   Lord he hooked me
   Fish hook and line
  
   Said "I'll take you Kathleen
   To your home and mine"
   Good lord he hooked me
   'Leen out of time