[Verse 1]
             
Oh Mother, I c

              
an feel the so

              
il falling ove

     
r my head
        
And as I climb

 into an empty

 bed
            
Oh well. Enoug

          
h said
              
I know it's ov

             
er - still I c

  
ling
I don't know where else I can go
        
Oh...

[Verse 2]
             
Oh Mother, I c

              
an feel the so

              
il falling ove

      
r my head
        
See, the sea w

ants to take m

e
The knife wants to slit me
            
Do you think y

        
ou can help me

?
           
Sad veiled bri

de, please be 

happy
              
Handsome groom

            
, give her roo

   
m
            
Loud, loutish 

 
lover, treat h

er kindly
              
Though she nee

           
ds you more th

             
an she loves y

  
ou

[Verse 3]
              
And I know it'

             
s over - still

     
 I cling
             
I don't know w

              
here else I ca

    
n go

Over and over 

and over and o

ver
         
Over and over,

 la...
           
I know it's ov

er
             
And it never r

eally began
             
But in my hear

            
t it was so re


al
             
And you even s

 
poke to me, an

d said:

 


"If you're so 

funny
            
Then why are y

              
ou on your own

        
 tonight?
    
And if you're 

so clever
              
Then why are y

            
ou on your own

 tonight?
            
If you're so v

       
ery entertaini

ng
              
Then why are y

           
ou on your own

 tonight?
        
If you're so v

ery good-looki

ng
            
Why do you sle

     
ep alone tonig

ht?

I know...
        
Cause tonight 

is just like a

ny other night
              
That's why you

            
're on your ow

          
n tonight

With your triu

mphs and your 

charms
            
While they're 

              
in each other'

         
s arms..."

[Bridge]
             
It's so easy t

   
o laugh
              
It's so easy t

   
o hate
             
It takes stren

              
gth to be gent

       
le and kind
             
Over, over, ov

        
er, over
              
It's so easy t

    
o laugh
              
It's so easy t

  
o hate
             
It takes guts 

              
to be gentle a

   
nd kind
          
Over, over


             
Love is natura

      
l and real
         
But not for yo

u, my love
             
Not tonight, m

     
y love
             
Love is natura

       
l and real
           
But not for su

            
ch as you and 

  
I, my love

[Outro]
             
Oh Mother, I c

            
an feel the so

              
il falling ove

         
r my head
             
Oh Mother, I c

            
an feel the so

              
il falling ove

         
r my head
             
Oh Mother, I c

            
an feel the so

              
il falling ove

         
r my head
             
Oh Mother, I c

            
an feel the so

              
il falling ove

         
r my head
             
Oh Mother, I c

            
an feel the so

              
il falling ove

         
r my head
             
Oh Mother, I c

            
an feel the so

              
il falling ove

         
r my head
             
Oh Mother, I c

            
an feel the so

              
il falling ove

         
r my head
             
Oh Mother, I c

            
an feel the so

              
il falling ove

         
r my head