Story Behind The Song
When the Moors murderess Myra Hindley died, I read a newspaper article which told of how she had been attracted to Ian Brady by his clean fingernails. That was the starting point for a song that tries to humanise someone who has been de-humanised since her collusion in the murders. The voice in the first and third verses belongs to her. The second and fourth verse narrative belongs to all of us.
| Song Length |
1:55 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary |
Lyrics
He was the only man I ever knew
With clean fingernails
I thought he was so different
I fell under his spell
How did you feel
When your lover
Cut Pauline like a pig?
I did everything I could
To make him notice me
I'd given up the ghost till that dance
Under the Christmas tree
How did you feel
When Lesley Anne
Begged you for her life?