Long years ago I fell in love

With a lady proud and fair

So passionate were she and I

We made fire in the air

I loved her more than life itself

She loved me just the same

And it broke my heart

To think we'd part if she ended the affair



But I was brutal, I was ignorant

I was cruel I was brash

I never gave a damn about

The beauty that I smashed

No sadist I, I took delight

In making my Love cry

Now I'd pray for a single kiss from her

To be lashed and crucified



And now I feel this lady fair

Can never more be mine

Long gone are night in my lonely bed

All suffering and crying

And though I fear that through this life

She'll only call me friend

'Till I'm dead and buried in my grave

My Love will never end