[Intro]

[Verse]
They came in silk shirts with a pocket full of dust
Said baby, we believe in you, baby, you can trust
They talked like salvation with a cocaine glow
But their eyes kept counting every inch of my soul

One had a limo and a silver-tongue plan
One wore a cross and a wedding-ring tan
One said I love you, one said sign here
All of them smelled like expensive fear

[Pre-Chorus]
They want the hunger
They want the flame
They want my picture
Without my name

[Chorus]
Pretty boys with poison deals
Selling heaven on plastic wheels
Pretty boys with diamond lies
Kissing my throat with vampire eyes
I won’t be owned
I won’t kneel
Not for pretty boys with poison deals

[Verse]
They booked me a room with a view of the sign
Said fame is a ladder, just give us your spine
They poured out champagne like a golden trap
I saw my reflection in a contract’s back

I took their pen and I drew a black star
Right through the line where they priced my heart
I said, tell your lawyers and your friends downtown
Roxanne Vale won’t be tied down

[Pre-Chorus]
They want the thunder
They want the skin
They want the money
But not the sin

[Chorus]
Pretty boys with poison deals
Selling heaven on plastic wheels
Pretty boys with diamond lies
Kissing my throat with vampire eyes
I won’t be owned
I won’t kneel
Not for pretty boys with poison deals

[Instrumental]
Slow nasty guitar solo
Bass crawls under the verse
Drums hit like footsteps
Crowd shouts in the dark

[Bridge]
Every promise had a hook
Every kiss had teeth
Every handshake hid a chain
They wanted underneath

But I was raised by broken doors
And nights that never healed
I know the sound a liar makes
When poison turns to steel

[Breakdown]
Sign here
Smile sweet
Stand still
Don’t speak
Look young
Sing loud
Die slow
Make us proud

[Build-up]
No deal
No chain
No hand
On my name
No suit
No seal
No pretty boy
No poison deal

[Chorus]
Pretty boys with poison deals
Selling heaven on plastic wheels
Pretty boys with diamond lies
Kissing my throat with vampire eyes
I won’t be owned
I won’t kneel
Not for pretty boys with poison deals

[Chorus]
Pretty boys with poison deals
I see the rust beneath the chrome
Pretty boys with poison deals
I’d rather burn than be your own
I won’t be bought
I won’t kneel
Not for pretty boys with poison deals

[Outro]
Pretty boys with poison deals
Pretty smiles and dirty wheels
Pretty boys with poison deals
I know how betrayal feels