Long years ago I fell in love  With a lady proud and fair  So passionate were she and I  We made fire in the air  I loved her more than life itself  She loved me just the same  And it broke my heart  To think we'd part If she ended the affair  But I was brutal, I was ignorant,   I was cruel, I was brash  I never gave a damn about  the beauty that I'd smashed  No sadist I, I found delight in  making my love cry  Now I'd pray for a single kiss from her  To be lashed and crucified  And now I fear this lady fair  Can never more be mine  Long gone are nights in my lonely bed  All suffering and crying  And though I fear that through this life  She'll call me only friend  'Til I'm dead and buried in my grave  My love will never end