It seems like forever and a day   If my intentions were misunderstood   Please be kind, I've done all I should   I won't ask of you what I would not do   Oh, I saw the damage in you   My fortunate one, the ending of you      Why would they tell me to please go   Then laugh in my face   When all of the reasons they don't ask   All over themselves to give way, oh yeah?      It's not a question of whether my heart is true   Streamlined, I had to pull through   Look for a new beginning on you   Oh, I've got a message for you   A better way, it's what I've got to do   Give what you have, for what you might lose      What would you say if I told you that I'm to blame?   And what would you do if I had to deny your name?   Where would you go if I told you I loved you   And then walked away? Ooh yeah   Who should I tell if not for the ones   That you could not save? Ooh yeah      I told you when I found you if there was doubts   You should be careful and not afraid now   They surround you and all that amounts to   Is love that you've crippled for fortune and fame      If my affections are misunderstood   And you decide I'm up to no good   Don't ask me to enjoy them just for you      Ask yourself what I would do to prostitute myself   To live with fortune and shame, oh yeah   When you should have turned to the hearts   Of the ones that you would not save, oh now   I told you when I found you all that amounts to   Is love that you've crippled for fortune and fame