Melancholy Lady

This waiting is driving me crazy
The tears I’m tasting are just wasting me away
And though I know it’s in your eyes
I can’t help wondering why

I’m bound to lose, bound to lose with you

You’re a melancholy lady
No use trying to disguise it
I can see it’s in your eyes
It’s in your eyes

And though I know you’re not to blame
And I can’t help feeling it’s a shame
That loving you always costs
A tear or two, a tear or two

And you’re a lady lost
Hiding behind a curtain of your memories
Afraid to pull the string
Afraid to sing, afraid to sing

This waiting is driving me crazy
The tears I’m tasting are just wasting me away
And though I know it’s in your eyes
I can’t help wondering why

I’m bound to lose, bound to lose with you
Because loving you darling
Always costs a tear or two

Written in 1974

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