When you knew that I had given all the kindness that I had

did you think that it might be time to stop?

When you knew that I was through

that I'd done all I could do

did you really have to milk the final drop?

Not content with my mistake

you behaved just like a snake

and you left me for a wasp without a sting

Tell all my friends back home

that I did it on my own

and that to their well-worn cares they should cling



When you knew that I had given all the kindness that I had

did you feel you had to break that lonely vow?

When you knew that I was through

that I'd done all I could do

did you really have to sow that final plough?

Not content with my mistake, you behaved just like a snake

and you left me for a wasp without a sting

Tell all the folks back home that he did it on his own

and that to their well-worn cares they should cling