Graham Parker Love without Greed lyrics

I can see a man, well dressed and tanned
Collecting you in secret in a long sedan
I can hear you laugh at all his jokes
Taking everything that's offered until it chokes

And it makes me want to get a lock and key
Hold you down in one place for me
Can't own the flesh and blood I need
Can't have love without greed, without greed, oh, oh, oh

He may get your kiss and believe that it's his
But you know, baby, I hit your heart
Where, where the others only missed
You can ease your heat in a penthouse suite
While I'm in a hotel with some hanger-on
Under those dirty sheets

And it makes me want to get a lock and key
Hold you down in one place for me
Can't own the flesh and blood I need
Can't have love without greed


Love without greed would give me some hope
When I reach out in the night and grope
But there's nothing there but the next day coming in
And the alarm bell goes ring, ring, ring, ring, ring
It goes ring, ring, ring, ring, ring
It goes ring, ring, ring, ring, ring

You can ease your heat in a penthouse suite
While I'm in a hotel with some hanger-on
Under those dirty sheets

And it makes me want to get a lock and key
Hold you down in one place for me
Can't own the flesh and blood I need
Can't have love without greed

Can't own the flesh and blood I need
Can't have love without greed
Can't have love without greed