HE COULD HAVE BEEN MINE, 
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MINE, 
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN MINE,
ALL PRETTILY GIFT-WRAPPED, TIED WITH TAPE. 
IT COULD HAVE BEEN FINE, 
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FINE,
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE,
I WOULD HAVE KNOCKED HIM INTO SHAPE. 
I COULD HAVE TAMED THE GUY WITH EASE, 
I’D HAVE BEEN DEAF TO ALL HIS PLEAS,
I WOULD HAVE HAD HIM ON HIS KNEES, 
HOW DARE HE ESCAPE!


HE COULD HAVE BEEN MINE,
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MINE, 
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN MINE,
TREMBLING AND QUAKING IN HIS SHOES. 
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE, 
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE, 
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE,
I WOULD HAVE TIGHTENED UP THE SCREWS. 
I NEARLY HAD HIM IN MY GRIP, 
ALL WOUND AROUND MY FINGER-TIP, 
I’D HAVE BEEN BRANDISHING THE WHIP, 
HOW COULD HE REFUSE?

NO MERCY!
IF EVER I FIND HIM, I’LL CATCH HIM, I’LL BIND HIM, I’LL SHOW
NO MERCY!
HE’LL BEG AND HE’LL PLEAD.
NO MERCY!
HE’LL NEVER FORGET IT, HE’LL LIVE TO REGRET IT, HE’LL KNOW
NO MERCY!
THE MISERABLE WEED.
	 
HE COULD HAVE BEEN MINE, 
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MINE, 
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN MINE,
MY QUIVERING LITTLE PIECE OF PREY. 
IT COULD HAVE BEEN FINE, 
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FINE, 
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE,
IF THINGS HAD ONLY GONE MY WAY. 
I COULD HAVE HAD HIM IN MY POWER, 
MINE TO TORMENT OR TO DEVOUR, 
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY FINEST HOUR, 
BUT THE CREEP GOT AWAY.

(C) C.I.BUCHANAN 2006