[Intro]

        

[Verse]
              
Carry on with 

            
your business,

              
 there is noth

       
ing to see
             
You must be pr

              
etty desperate

            
 if you've com

              
e out lookin' 

       
for me
              
You regret how

            
 we parted, th

              
at is well und

  
erstood
             
Now, please le

              
ave me to sip 

            
on my wine and

              
 to wander the

 
 woods

[Pre-Chorus]
              
Didn't I go wh

        
ere you sent m

e?
              
Didn't I meet 

     
your demands?
            
Didn't I answe

       
r your questio

ns?
            
Didn't I shake

            
 all your hand

   
s?

[Chorus]
            
Didn't I do th

         
e best I can?
            
Wasn't I bette

           
r than any man

?
             
Wasn't I cool 

              
and collected 

            
when all of th

              
e shit hit the

 
 fan?
         
Wasn't I cool?

 Wasn't I?

[Interlude]

         

[Verse]
              
You ask how I 

            
am doing? I as

             
sure you I'm f


ine
             
Just another m

              
an helping him

            
self to what's

            
 rightfully mi

    
ne
              
Did you say I 

            
look tired? I'

              
m not tired at

 
 all
             
I was trying t

            
o shatter a ce

              
iling where he

         
 built a wall

[Pre-Chorus]
              
Didn't I check

         
 all the boxes

?
              
Didn't I follo

     
w routine?
            
Didn't I trave

      
l the high roa

d?
            
Never was pett

           
y or mean?

[Chorus]
            
And did I run 

           
a clean campai

gn?
            
Did I inform a

        
nd entertain?
             
And did I let 

              
down my guard 

            
'cause my riva

              
l had half of 

  
a brain?
           
Did I let down

        
? Didn't I?

[Bridge]
            
All my credent

            
ials didn't ma


tter
            
All my service

            
 and nobody ca


res
              
They tried to 

            
purchase the w

          
orld on a plat

ter
              
Phoned in some

            
 favors and no

        
w it is theirs
            
You know it br

              
ings me no joy

        
 to see you in

 this hole
            
So much the ma

             
n will destroy

         
 just to feel 

in control
          
So goodbye! - 

             
Look out below

            
, I'm going hi

     
gh

[Interlude]

         

[Verse]
              
I know you wan

            
t your closure

              
, 'cause the f

          
uture's unclea

r
             
I feel no obli

            
gation to tell

              
 you what you 

            
want to hear
              
Would you like

            
 me to save yo

              
u? Would you l

          
ike me to quit

?
             
Or would you p

            
refer it if I 

              
taught myself 

       
how to knit?

[Pre-Chorus]
              
Couldn't you m

             
ind your own b


usiness?
              
Couldn't you j

             
ust leave me b


e?
              
You brought th

            
is all on your


selves, gang
             
Don't try to p

             
in it on me

[Chorus]
            
Couldn't I pea

          
cefully retire
            
Into these hil

          
ls I so admire

?
             
Couldn't I ser

              
ve up the tea 

            
while he sets 

              
the whole part

     
y on fire?
           
Couldn't I ser

            
ve? Couldn't I

     
?

[Chorus]
              
And when they 

            
write this his

   
tory,
              
I'll take the 

           
moral victory
             
Wasn't I right

              
 at the center

            
 of all that t

              
his country co

    
uld be?
         
Wasn't I right

? Wasn't I?

[Outro]