this is how i built my wife brought a dead body to life with the soul of a gypsy queen and the brightest eyes that i d ever seen gave her two murderous hands and two legs with the devil s dance and at last gave her half of my heart to make sure that we were never apart there must have been a mix up along the way i must have made a mistake now listen closely to what i m gonna say if you cross me i ll cut you there must have been a mix up along the way i must have made a mistake now listen closely to what we re gonna say if you cross me i ll cut you one morning when i woke to the blackest cloud of smoke seems the neighbors had conspired to bring the house down with fire just my luck my devil bride filled her lover s arms to hide i brought you into this world i will take you out baby girl there must have been a mix up along the way i must have made a mistake now listen closely to what we re gonna say if you cross me i ll cut you there must have been a mix up along the way i must have made a mistake now listen closely to what we re gonna say if you cross me i ll cut you there must have been a mix up along the way i must have made a mistake now listen closely to what we re gonna say if you cross me i ll cut you there must have been a mix up along the way i must have made a mistake you weren t supposed to know how to run away if you cross me i ll cut you if you cross me i ll cut you