(Vocals by Amanda Palmer)
I met Nikola Tesla in 
a diner in New York 
He was eating cotton 
candy in the dark 
I sat down at his 
table and I asked him for a light 
When his eyes met 
mine I thought I felt a spark 

His glance was like 
an X-Ray and he looked me to the bone 
touch from him my 
blood began to boil 
It was the 24th 
of March he had a really cute moustache 
and then he kissed me in an 
alley and I felt my insides coil 

Nikola Tesla 
I wish you’d invent a 
Current that could activate my heart 
Mysterious Gesture 
I do not expect you [bad word] back from 1932 
I’ll always burn a light for you 

Sweetheart… 

I’d dreamed of 
someone like you ever since I was a girl 
mystery man 
inventing something new 
Just a guy with a 
transformer who could make me something warmer 
Who could open up my 
circuitry and make me someone new 

When Edison got angry 
my Nikola only grinned 
And explained that 
wireless power was the way 
He’d overturn the 
system there was no way to resist him 
And he kissed me one 
more time and told me [bad word] back one day 

Nikola Tesla 
I wish you’d invent a 
Current that could activate my heart 
Mysterious Jester 
I do not expect you [bad word] back from 1932 
I’ll always burn a light for you 

Sweetheart… 

Edison’s enemy, 
Man who gave us AC, 
He’ll always be to me 
My little Serb 
Voice on the radio 
I’m looking high and 
low 
Here in the afterglow 
Send me a word… 

So I waited while the 
valves inside my heart all 
dimmed and 
chilled 
He had secrets that 
he stored inside eight chests 
And he took his many 
mysteries and walked off into history 
And he left me with a 
fading sort of feeling in my breast 

I’ve been waiting 
here for decades, just a dusty afterthought 
I’ve been waiting for 
Nikola [bad word] back 
It is painful and 
ironic not to mention electronic 
That he’d vanish in a 
crackle, into air and fade to black 

Nikola Tesla 
I wish you’d invent a 
Current that could activate my heart 
Mysterious Jester 
I do not expect you [bad word] back from 1932 
I’ll always burn a light for you 

Sweetheart…