The Tiger Lillies - Histoire de Kay lyrics

One fateful day Kay's mother took her into a building lobby, They took turns pinching and twisting her little body. They made her stand in positions more and more bizarre, Then they made her repeat them daily at a thing they called a barre. They put her on a diet, they said her wrists they did appall. And they made her wear a strange garment, a tutu it was called, She danced her first role as a friend of La Fille mal Gardee. After she'd been made to join a sinister group, the corps de ballet, The critics said of her performance, ‘Better you don't do', In a fit of spite someone put ground gla**, ground gla** in her toeshoes. She took the elastics from her ballet things, Stitched them together and hanged herself in the wings.