Hold a candle to a naked flame



Ask the atheist his christian name



Try parachuting from a burning plane



Finding someone else you could blame





If I ever thought you'd be lonely



If I ever thought you'd be there



If I ever fought the alimony



Painted pony



You'd be there





Eskimo heart



Bedouin throat



A butcher trussed up in a camel hair coat



A crowning in the castle



A drowning in the moat



Ocean dried



Desert afloat





If I ever thought you'd be lonely



If I ever thought you'd be there



If I ever fought the alimony



My one and only



You'd be there





One for the lady



One for the gent



Signatures in wet cement



And if you ever ask



What I meant then I'd never know



Then I'd never know...