Robert Grenier - Before I Had Your Love

Before I had your love I was a simpleton
I wandered everywhere and wanted everything
I wanted all of them to treat me like a king
And I thought that you and I were maybe just a fling

Before I had your love I was all by myself
I thought that to win was the greatest wealth
I thought I was a poet or maybe something else
And I took the love we had and put it on the shelf

Before I had your love I kept on breaking down
I wanted them to bury me deep in the ground
I wanted them to speak my name all over the town
But listen closely and you will not hear a sound

Before I had your love I thought I was alright
I knew how to drink and how to fight
I thought that I was so outta sight
And isn't it so fun to stay up late at night
With your friends

Before I had your love I was a wanted man
They tried to capture me but I slipped through their hands
I made my way off to a distant land
And I layed down to die there upon the sand