All my lifetime I've done wrong 

Never thinking I belonged 

And my problems stay with me 

Cause my thoughts lie with she 

She was my girlfriend though I was mean 

Always there in my hour of need 

I took for granted her gentleness 

And have to live without her sweet caress 


And as I light me a cigarette 

My heart is falling in my breast 

And as I lie me down to rest

There's a mountain of regret


I turn my back on her true love

All my friends and the lord above

And my drinking dragged me down

To the bars in Cabbage town


And as I light me a cigarette

My heart is falling in my breast

And as I lie me down to rest

There's a mountain of regret

 

And as I sit here feeling low

Wondering why she had to go

I know I see through my disgrace

The perfect beauty of her face


And as I light me a cigarette

My heart is falling in my breast

And as I lie me down to rest 

There's a mountain of regret