You and I used to meet on the crowded street High on absinthe and all distilled so sweet Under a doorway lit by a single bulb You asked me if I could give you my love Sir I cannot give what I do not feel So don't ask and ask you wax me ill Yet I should think there a girl who might take pity on you Who'd love you like you know I could never do - Nell or Nan won't give you trouble like you know I would Their love is free, which I'm sure you deserve Now let's shake hands and call ourselves friend For all things start and all things must end I shall say our time together was that most pleasant Remember me well and harbor no resentment But why you go 'round and say that I have no heart? It don't make sense - you want what you say I ain't got Now I said I could not love you and that I mean Ain't no man gonna put a rope around me. Ain't no man gonna put a rope around me. She ain't said never better wait and see. Ain't no man gonna put a rope around me. She ain't said never better wait and see.