I recall once upon a time

Livin' was so easy and I felt so fine

My, my, my right before my very eyes

Satan came with fire to burn me

And wouldn't listen when they warned me

Dagger in my back

She's calling me honey wouldn't stand back

For neither love nor money oh yeah

Thirty minutes after my ship set sail

She put up a sign and my house began to wail

Why, why, why I couldn't see it in my little girl's eyes?

She had such a way to fool me

Lord a way to fool me

And I would ask the woman

"Can you find it in yourself to please stand back?

You ain't gonna rule me" Oh yeah

Just when all began to fade

I reached out threw the ace of spades

I put her on a train to the Everglades

Now that it's all over and gone

Somehow I just don't feel so alone

Why, why, why It seemed like such a waste of time?

She did not ever seem to know me

But now it's much too late to show me

But if I ever see that woman

Walkin down the street I'll just stand back

And try to move away slowly oh yeah