i'm only skin and bones   here's my heart to a tone   seems such a reasonable sin   mortal man under bones and skin      dear lover, don't bother me      don't say what you want to say   there's no reason for words to escape   i'll wait for you if you call   pity me and pity us all      dear lover, don't bother me   dear lover, don't bother me   i can say this with certainty   hard living's the only way i can get by      you're the liar at the door (come in)   really, what'd you come here for?   tell you once and i'll tell you true   i got nothing left for you      dear lover, don't bother me   dear lover, don't bother me   i can say this with certainty   hard living's the only way i can get by      all the rules you put on yourself   send me straight to somebody else   all the rules that you push onto me   tend to weaken fidelity      dear lover, don't bother me   dear lover, don't bother me   i can say this with certainty