She Did

Oh she’d drag me out with spurs Into the candlelight She did. And she rode me like the bull In some honky-tonk She did, oh yes she did But she’d never had to worry About the dwindling of dollars Or how life could strike out iron spite And crush you without warning But I did, Lo-Lord I surely did. And I was bold when I first met her Enamored with all the things that she did Oh but then something crept into me It was a blackness I hated and I so deeply hid But I was jealous and concerned Like some damn beast and she was beauty Thought some dashing man would sweep her up And bury me in torment Yes, I did, though I ain’t too proud of it Oh was I speaking holy tongues? Or withdrawing from you? Did a plague of sinking feelings leave me speaking in half-truths? Oh I do not have the stomach to repair these gaping wounds I’ll take my share of the blame for all the things I did. So now our castle gates are broken The wreckage is the price for what we did Oh yeah that girl she was my lover Now she is a stranger in the land in which I live Oh ain’t it funny how far we travel in the company of friends Yet somehow the times we share but fill our faces with regret? Oh, I hate it, though I feel it must be said. Oh was I speaking holy tongues? Or withdrawing from you? Did a plague of sinking feelings leave me speaking in half-truths? Oh I do not have the stomach to repair these gaping wounds I’ll take my share of the blame for all the things I did.