Intro: G
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This no song of ingénue
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This no ballad of innocence
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This the rhyme of a lady who
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Followed ever the natural bents
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This a solo of sapience
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This a chantey of sophistry
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This the sum of experiments -
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I loved them until they loved me
Decked in garments of sable hue
Daubed with ashes of myriad Lents
Wearing shower bouquets of rue
Walk I ever in penitence
Oft I roam as my heart repents
Through God's acre of memory
Marking stones in my reverence
I loved them until they loved me
Pictures pass me in long review -
Marching columns of dead events
I was tender and often true
Ever a prey to coincidence
Always knew I the consequence
Always saw what the end would be
We're as Nature has made us -- hence
I loved them until they loved me
Princes never I'd give offense
Won't you think of me tenderly
Here's my strength and my weakness gents
I loved them until they loved me