Forgive me but I'd like to ask a favor Could you grant some of your time You know I'd like to get to know you better She always spoke of you so kind I had hoped to talk with one who knew her To tell the truth, it's rough when I'm alone I see through you, and you saw through her Although I don't mean to impose Take this weight from my chest Lay my burdens bare Keep and carry what you can of me And at arm's length I'll keep you Wonderful, I was fortunate to find her So full of joy and just as much with pain Although I had her, I worried I may lose her Both to you and to the deathbed she was chained In what sense could you understand That something in her that I missed Fatally blind to what amounted In matters of blood and of flesh Take this weight from my chest Lay my burdens bare Keep and carry what you can of me And at arm's length I'll keep you