To a dreamy melody When they called out, "Change partners" And you waltzed away from me Now my arms feel so empty As I gaze around the floor And I'll
and weeks get long When you got a hidden shame Hidden shame, shame, shame and I can't get free From the blame and the torture and the misery Must it be my secret
think you're like iron and steel But iron and steel will bend and break In those complicated shadows Sometimes justice you will find Is just dumb not colorblind And
my old lover last night I wondered if I spoke out loud And if by chance my husband overheard He'd put my face back in the crowd His eyes were clear and
and then he falls to pieces Down among the wines and spirits Where a man gets what he merits Lives with the echoing words of their final quarrel The vacant chamber and
ship 'Blessing' slipped from Liverpool Over the waves the Royal Navy rules To go and plunder the Kingdom of Benin Where certain history ends and shame begins Dahomey traders paid powder and
I rant and rail Every time I try and fail Any time I want to quit And say that's the end of it When I stand and start to leave You cool my brow and
Life isn't a game Won or tied, lost by either side Then some people's idea Of the straight and narrow Didn't appeal to me If you were my life's companion
were uttered and challenges were offered On the Cumberland riverboat, E. W. Stephens Daggers were drawn on pistols pulled Staggering till dawn filled up with whiskey and rum And
That a king may send to battle Is this not a pretty tale? Is this not a riddle? If red is the breast of a soldier's tunic Hung with a silver medal And
recognize The distance from my heart to hers The distance from my heart to hers The pity in her eyes She liked my pretty story I thanked her for her song And
from Sulphur to Sugarcane When your eyes fill up with brine 'Cause you're drowning in wine It's like the last days of Rome With the despots and divine And
there still sadness in your eyes, you can't deny? Do you tremble and sigh when he holds you just like I do? What were you thinking of to throw away our love? And
together To a dreamy melody When they called out "change partners" And you waltzed away from me Now my arms feel so empty As I gaze around the floor And
dreams? That a king may send to battle Is this not a pretty tale? Is this not a riddle? If red is the breast of soldier?s tunic hung with a silver medal And
of my old lover last night I wonder if I spoke out loud And if by chance my husband overheard He put my face back in the crowd His eyes were clear and