My own regard for the spirit Is of no one's concern No when it comes to lighting fires I don't pick and choose which coal gets first to burn But someone like you You'll only smother it You'll choke the life from every flame No matter how dark your sky In or outside your eyes Your lips will never find my name What have you got to live for If you don't have the time I've been around some Benn up and down some I've played for ransom for my mind Mistaken my heart for a trap To get the monkey off my back When he was just a friend of mine. But someone like you, You'll never see it You'll carry on, fakin the blues I've heard enough of your cries To leave you high and dry I bid farewell, so long, adieu What have you got to live for If you don't have the time? I said Hallelujah, said what's it to ya I've cursed it all And it's cursed me back I've made a fool of myself in despite of my health I've tied the rope with no slack But someone like you, you make me worry You act like you're the only one that's gone wrong. No you won't give up till someone you break, I know your kind too well to go along.