I've heard them all talking, I guess you have too   Adding flickers to the flame   How I've treated you   I take the blame      But let me say that they don't know   The really don't know, the fools don't know   That I really didn't mean to hurt you      Oh darling, I didn't mean to hurt you   Please believe me when I say   That I didn't mean to hurt you, girl      Whatever they tell you, there's more I could say   Lending motion to the wheel   How you built me up   When I was falling down      But who knows, you just might find   Just might find that I'm just your kind   And I really didn't mean to hurt you      And tho' I was looking there for something   Some things have no meaning   While I was looking there for something   Everything had gone      And still as I looked, I lived   And still as I lived, I wondered