Whenever light shines down on misery It can only make things worse On the day we met she burned so bright I was lucky as a gypsy curse Well she was blushing like a wedding day With her eyes so sharp and black And her gentle little smile Was the color of blood And she's never ever coming back Now let me tell you: I've been up since a quarter to three And I've been pacing back and forth Through the hall I've been thinking 'bout the first time She took my hand And I don't understand it at all Whatever hopes I once kept safe & sound In a locker underneath my bed Whatever thoughts I once kept to myself Are drowned out and dead Because she sounded like a symphony When she simply said my name And the long blue days That once were hers Are long now just the same In the hallway hangs a photograph On her hand, a diamond ring She mailed it with a little note She nailed it to the edge of my wing I have burned out every sympathy And the house is still and black But now I've seen my misery And she's never ever coming back