Stephin Merritt - Sounds Expensive lyrics

I would like fo you to have this emerald ring It was crafted many years before the ming Since the story's far too sad to tell I'll sing It was made for the blind concubine lola li Who was famous for being a little choosy Her rejections were something no man could survive So the ring-maker had himself buried alive It's a terrible tale, full of pa**ion and gore That sure sounds expensive! We can't wait to hear more In a few generations it came to a monk Who said "things of this world Are all baubles and junk." So he gave it to lola lo Some general's wife Which was quickly discovered He paid with his life It's a tale of violence A thing we deplore But it sounds expensive! What are you stopping for? A bad playwright gave it to his new ingenue The impossibly bad actress sweet lola lu But the playwright said something He shouldn't have said And now both the playwright and The actress are dead It's a kind of thing no one can make anymore! And it sounds expensive when it Falls to the floor