Except for the turnin' of night into day
And now the dark air is like fire on my skin
I laughed and thought I'd be forgiven
The sun, she would come and beat me back down
I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds
Hold your tongues until after I've spoken
A lover of women, he can't hardly stand
I buried my face but it spoke once again
My body was sharp, the dark air clean
But every cruel day had its nightfall
I've fallen it's true but I say unto you
Kneelin' for me to command them
What all your eyes are a sayin'
He trembles, he's bent and he's broken
I was takin' my pride in the pleasures I'd known
And outrage my joyful companion
Whisperin' women, how sweet did they seem
My laughter, the Devil would frighten
They're just tricks that his brains been a playin'?
Said my friend, we're holdin' a wedding
But my laughter turned 'round eyes blazing and
Full of fire and forgetful
You look at me now and don't think I don't know
I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars
The night to the day we're a bindin'
I'd have never noticed it passin'
And time was like water but I was the sea
Does he want us to believe these ravings and lies
And the turnin' of day into cursin'
