Tom Waits - Poor Edward lyrics

Did you hear the news about Edward?

On the back of his head he had another face

Was it a woman's face or a young girl?

They said to remove it would kill him

So poor Edward was doomed

The face could laugh and cry

It was his devil twin

And at night she spoke to him

Things heard only in hell

But they were impossible to separate

Chained together for life

Finally the bell tolled his doom

He took a suite of rooms

And hung himself and her from the balcony irons

Some still believe he was freed from her

But I knew her too well

I say she drove him to suicide

And took poor Edward to hell