Beggin', beggin' you Put your loving hand out, baby Beggin', beggin' you Put your loving hand out, darling I'm fighting hard To hold my own (to hold my own) Just can't make it All alone (all alone) I'm holding on I can't hold back (I can't hold back) (Yeah) I'm just a con 'Bout to fade to black Beggin', beggin' you Put your loving hand out, baby Beggin', beggin' you Put your loving hand out, darling Riding high, when I was king Played it hard and fast, 'cause I had everything I walked away to wonderin' then But easy come and easy go And it would end An empty shell, I used to be Shadow of my life was hangin' over me A broken man, but I don't know Won't even stand the devil's chance to win my soul I need you to understand Tried so hard to be your man The kind of man you want in the end Only then can I begin to live again Beggin', beggin' you Put your loving hand out, baby Beggin', beggin' you Put your loving hand out, darling Riding high, when I was king Played it hard and fast, 'cause I had everything I walked away, to wonderin' then But easy come and easy go And it would end