my heart is all i ever spent
it's not broke yet but boy is it bent
i sold my body to the devil
but i still can't pay my rent
oh, lisa

i wish that i had another
i'd sell my body three times over
it's not worth much to me anymore
not anymore
oh, lisa

my heart has done it before
sold my body like a whore
i don't know why it's still poor
is it me or what i am looking for?
oh, lisa

(chorus)
don't you listen to a word
oh lisa, oh lisa
with your mona lisa smile
you're a lion now so rise, beguile
rise, lisa, rise
you're a lion in my eyes

i drove my car to kaaterskill
thought that i would bury my feelings there
i flew up towards the mountain top
now there's a stone on poet's ledge
oh, lisa

i left my anger and guilt
with a man in poughkeepsie
i kept it up for way too long
way too too long
oh, lisa

i miss the ceiling and the floor
i miss my bedroom more and more and more
what's this feeling good for anymore?
is it me or what i am looking for?
oh, lisa

(chorus)

i see words behind my eyelids
they say that we'll meet again someday
but if we don't i'll always keep your smile
in the pockets of the pockets of my pants
oh, lisa

the world's only so very big
it's not small but it's smaller than you'd think
i'll be around, i'm always somewhere
i'll always be somewhere
i swear

lisa, you're my lion, my star
you're my lion and my star, yes you are
i'm just as bad when we are apart
i don't think that it's me
no, i think it's just my lonely, lonely heart