Now it's just you two 
In a world of poems and paintings 
I guess this means I'm through 
It also means I'm breaking 
But Isabelle, what can I do 
If I'm caught in him, this man you love? 
And Isabelle, what can I do 
If his strong hands make it hard to shove him away? 

And I know it's hard to picture it up here 
In your tobacco-strewn back yard 
And it is kinda toilsome to keep an eye on him 
Just look what he's done so far 

But Isabelle, what can I do? 
The last thing I need is to end up askew 
And Isabelle, what can I do? 
The prophets make it difficult 
Isabelle, what can I do
In the few weeks time you're out of sight? 
And Isabelle, what can I do 
Just because it feels alright? 

And the ground's already hard 
Where its been dug in 
I've gone this way too many times 
But the pit keeps getting deeper 
But I'm not turning back 
So Isabelle, try to understand 

I know just what to say 
But it's incorrect to say it 
How do I break it to him? 
The death of one is staying 
And all I think of now 
Is a way to get under and a way to get out 
So Isabelle, what can I do 
With the naive pain it's causing you?