Stan Ridgway - Peg and pete and me lyrics

rate me

I can feel the life runnin' out of me

Workin' here at Pete's

Two years ago it was just the thing

Workin' cars part time every week

I met 'em both at a drag race

They both dressed pretty snappy that day

Pete's wife Peg, she put the make on me

While Pete just looked the other way

Now no one can say what your future may hold

Or what your life will have in store

We went home that night, Pete passed out on the couch

And then Peg pulled me down on the floor

Well, I know now she knew what she was doing

Forbidden fruit, but what the hell, I bit

That's all it took––my fate was sealed

That night the flame was lit

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Every night when the lights go out

Pete drinks his booze and then he passes out

I hear a footstep outside my door

And then I remember what I started working here for

Peg and Pete and me

One and one and one make three

Peg and Pete and me

One and one and one make three

Now tell me what would you do

If you were in my shoes?

Tonight, Peg, we gotta stop this thing

I don't know if we can

Peg said, Don't worry, now, Pete's asleep

And I've got a certain plan

You know everything is in my name, she said

And anyway I love you so very much

He'll never feel a thing––just like he never woke up

And after that it'll just be us

Chorus repeat

The next morning, when I woke up

Peg was gone, the detective said

Son, you gotta come downtown with me

'Cause we know you killed Pete dead

The jury found me guilty

And sent me up for ninety-nine to life

And if there's any advice I can give from this cell

Never trust a rich dead man's wife

Chorus:

Peg and Pete and me

Peg and Pete and me

Peg and Pete and me

Peg and Pete and me