If you want to leave, ‘ain’t no way I’m ever ‘gonna stop you now   tears don’t come cheap, and there’s not a single dry eye in the house   sister please      you were by my side all through the cold winds' blow   now I bring you wild flowers, you only stand and scream for me to go   sister please      there’s a slow steady rain coming down   tugging like your monkey on my sleeve      you draw your shades to keep the light from reaching through   if your life-line breaks, you will drown so many more than you   it’s true, sister please      now there’s a slow steady pain in my heart   tugging like your monkey on my sleeve   trying to love a junkie is such a lonely place to be      sister, I have lied for you   like I have lied for the truth   sister      it’s all in the way you move, not the words you say   like a permanent mark you can’t wash away   it’s all in the whispered words ringing in my ears   like bread crumbs and petty theft on the trail of tears   it’s all up to you now   and there’s a slow steady rain coming down   tugging like your monkey on my sleeve