Been in Tower, been in Newgate, 
Been in Fleet, been in exile, 
Been in love with you daily, 
Been impatient for change. 

Again and again I've been 
The one to do the leaving 
But now I'm asking of you Lizzy 
Don't be leaving me tonight. 

Where freedom's flower sat high above 
Now crushed beneath the iron glove 
Where fire raged within me 
Sits the dying of the light. 

And as time and success have changed 
The honest shape of many man 
My time has come for Liberty 
From the last of my jails. 

Chorus: 
Is it the rattle of chains I hear 
Or the old death rattle? 
Will we fall away together 
As I slip away tonight?