So Long, My Lover

We met when hope was oh so young I took you from that drunken bum And held you like some father And we both mourned for each other Oh yes, we were so full of hope than that you see You'd be a dancer, and a singer me You danced your dance and my sweet song was sung I was wreckless, you were free I took you 'round the world with me So holy together No devils could tear us apart The lights were bright on Portland Street And with the future at our feet We held onto each other But somewhere lost your way So long, my lover It's over Who was that boy that you did see Did having him bring you loser to me? So blindly you swung from the hook our love hung from But retribution does come soon Two lovers in a hotel room You danced your dance, and my sweet song was sung So long, my lover It's over Fragile wings in a silver castle And love that's wrought too hard and fast I guess that's how it came to be My dancing girl skipped away from me I was blind, I could not see The mirror cracked in front of me Darling girl, please understand There's no blood on your pretty hands So long, my lover It's over