So you found me at the end of my life By the bend in the river at dawn Have you come to my aid, are there deals to be made Red lines in the sand to be drawn Now that you're here, pray tell me, my dear Why it is you've come to my door By virtue of sin, should I let you in? I can't say you'll suffer no more So they tied you to the stake in your heart And they taught you to treasure the pain To keep you in place they lied to your face And bought you with measured disdain And now that you've seen your part in the dream You'll need to be lost to belong The story that ends before it begins Means nothing is written in stone Once there was a time I might have Been for you a guiding light Cross my heart and hope to die A thousand needles in my eye The damage is already done When it's over as soon it must be Please mention my name to the wind The trouble I see for you and for me Is nobody wins in the end I was once as young and wild As you, my dark-eyed woman-child How I spend my days in dread Is how it is I've made my bed I can't teach or preach or reach Beyond this bell we both know well The damage, the damage The damage is already done