A man and a woman locked in a hot apartment prison

They're in lovelove

He's beatin' that woman's head against the fridgerator door

Slammin' that woman's head against the fridgerator door

They're in lovethey're in lovethey're in love

He's beatin' that woman to an inch of her life

Beatin' that woman to an inch of her life

Beatin' that woman to an inch of her life

The heed and the hatethe heed and the hatethe heed and the hate

The heed and the hate make the windows sweatmake the windows sweat

Makes the walls moanmoanmoanmoan

Now outside in the hallway al the neighbors

From all the other apartment building rooms have gathered in the hallway

And they're all out there armed with their baseball bats and brooms

Listening to the man beat the woman to an inch of her life

Now all the wise guys are in the back takin' bets

The one man says

"i sayhe's gonna kill hermy money's down that says he's gonna kill her."

And the other man says

"he's not gonna kill herhe's gonna beat that woman to an inch of her life

Beat that woman to an inch of her lifebeat that woman to an inch of her

Lifebeat that woman to an inch of her life. that's where my money isso

Put your money downput your money downput your money down."

A little while later the cops come

And they come up the stairs

And they see all the people gathered in the hallways

With their baseball bats and brooms

See the wise guys in the back throwin' 5 dollar bills back and forth

And they say

"alrightwhich room is it? "

And a few of the people point to the room at the end of the hall

The cops go over there and they kick the door in

And they see the man beatin' on the womanslammin' her head up against the

Wallbeatin' that woman to an inch of her life.

And they say

"hey manwhy you beatin' that woman to an inch of her lifewhy you beatin'

That woman to an inch of her lifewhy you beatin' that woman to an inch of

Her life? "

Andthe man saysget thisthe man says...

"that's no woman that's my wife

That's no woman that's my wife

That's no woman that's my wife

And when she screams she turns on all the apartment lights on."