Like a baby stillborn
It was never to you
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
But I swear by this song
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
I hope, you can just let it go by
I hope, you can just let it go by

Like a drunk in a midnight choir
If I have been untrue
She cried out to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
If I have been untrue
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much"

I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch

I hope you know it was never to you
I'll make it all up to thee
Like a beast with his horn
I have tried in my way to be free

Like a knight from some old fashioned book
If I, if I have been unkind
Like a worm on a hook

If I, if I have been unkind
I have tried in my way to be free

Like a bird on a wire
And by all that I have done wrong