tea leaf

it usually starts with a bet
and how men get powerful
i just dont know
but somehow things get so twisted
until you dont know who works for who
or what is even happening
oh with the witty retorts
everything
EVERYTHING is better
when said by a londoner
and we could shoot 'em
but we'd rather do something
HORRENDOUS
and in the end
we arent bad people
we just do bad things
and we do it well
and we do it for something
be it money
or honor
or respect
or because we're good at nothing else
but its always an adventure
not a romance
or even a horror
maybe a chuckle
over a pint and a smoke
but there's always a wad of quid
an expensive article
and a boss whose only real weapon
is the man he employs
to beat seven
shades
of
shit
outta ya
and the violence
it pumps the adrenaline
through your veins like a drug
and by the end
you're just in love
because thats what thieves do, really
we steal
mostly your hearts.