Baby, I loved you first But now I see your heart's been taken And nothing could be worse Baby, I loved you first. Had my chances Could've been where he is standing Girl, I came so close But now you'll never know Girl, it should be me

Well, a goodbye never seems finished Just like these songs that I write They hang aloft like stars in the night But there's nothing there but the illusion of a light And you, you could've been mine Your mother, she's an actress And we're all putting on a

Now I must die by my own hand 'cause I'm not man enough to live alone. and I'm better off dead now that she's gone. She couldn't stand me anymore so she just took the kids and went. You see, I've got a drinkin' problem, all the money that we had I spent.

See it deh know the innocent going up in vapors And propaganda spreading inna the Sunday papers not even superman coulda save you with him cape cause Red-a judgement a blaze, blaze ya And Babylon a gamble the youth dem life like racehorse And gi dem a

What my heart needs is a woman's touch A tender hand to fix it up Its rough and ragged edges sure could use some love Lately I've been lookin' through the windows of my soul And I can see there's not much left to hold Just an empty space surrounded by

My tea's gone cold I'm wondering why I Got out of bed at all The morning rain clouds up my window And I can't see at all And even if I could it'll all be gray Put your picture on my wall It reminds me, that it's not so bad It's not so bad Dear Slim, I

Again and again and again and again I see your face in everything Took a moment before I lost myself in you then Took a moment and I could not be found It took a moment before I lost myselfthe moment it could not be found Look at the red, red changes in

Not like you hold me, hold me Baby, love never felt so good And I doubt if it ever could And the night is gonna be just fine Gotta fly, gotta see, can't believe Tell me, if you really love me It's in and out of my life, in out baby Baby, love never felt

Could be the end of the world I'd still be laid here on my own wasting my life away Get off your knees Please, you have to help me This is not my true face If you could see my soul As I have seen my soul I could show it to you It's rotten

If not for you My sky would fall Rain would gather too Without your love I'd be nowhere at all Babe, I couldn't find the door Couldn't even see the floor I'd be sad and blue Babe, I'd lay awake all night Wait for the mornin' light