This autumn breeze shall strip the trees   And freeze me to the bone   Why must these three sisters tease   Their lonely brother so?      Knowledge is a curse   But ignorance is worse I fear   Would you agree my dear?   I have watched you grow   From the same seed as my own shall grow   And they will never know how      How this autumn breeze shall strip the trees   And freeze me to the bone   Why must these three sisters tease   Their lonely brother so?   I don't know I don't know      Pleasure is a sin   And abstinence shall win this day   And that's the way it's gonna stay   Black parisian lace   Your salvation - my disgrace   My God where did you go wrong?      I don't know if I can stop my eyes   From drifting slowly over holy terrors of the soul   No self control   That autumn chill is with me still