Oh lady fair, your stranglin' hair ribbons 'round my tongue
I try to speak but my thoughts grow weak from all the yarns you've spun
I heard them say that evil may walk in beauties' shoes

Well if ever I could love myself
Then I'll stop loving you

Were you out the other night flirting with all my friends?
I heard you told a joke or two with my name at the end
Come 'round home, I'm all alone, and tell me that just ain't true

Well if ever I could love myself
Then I'll stop loving you

When you're gone, I'll carry on, it's never meant to last
I'd much prefer to sit alone and dream about the past
So I say "some how, some way" till I believe it's true

And if ever I could love myself
Then I'll stop loving you