Lyrics

Straightway comes the night where a Martin and bottle of French white keep me good company in this Paris hotel room, where last night I dreamt of you and that love seat in your family's living room where we learned about our bodies and the magic that they can do. But I've known many souls since then and I still shake the same way I shook when you held me so close and we shook off the night. And I know you must remember the ride on that train: the one where we swore we'd live the most profain way we knew, and honey we did. So child, don't grow up thinking that I never loved you; because you know that I did.
Straightway comes the wind that cleanses me of my sins. But there's so damned many, I don't know how it's blowing like it is. Just like that night when I came under a spell; you thought that I'd gone insane when I called you up at 3 a.m. and said "I'm not going out like this." Because you fell so hard for my counterfeit identity. You hate the way I talk in riddles, but darlin' I love the way you dance like a dream. So baby find what you love and don't you give it up until you make it count, every ounce. Baby, don't give it up now. And baby, don't go on thinking that I never loved you... because you know that I did.
Well, it's impossible not to see the intentions meant by that big diamond ring. Congratulations, sugar; I don't think you ever really wanted to be free. But I hope that he loves you the way that I first intended to. If so you'll be happier than you ever dreamed you could be. Because I'm a homewrecker and a drunk, but I'm happy right where I'm stuck. You know this guitar, this stage, these friends, it's the best home I've ever known. So baby, take off running down that aisle and this guilt I've held in all the while will be gone, but you still gotta let me know that baby, you want go on thinking that I never loved you... because you know that I did.