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 smashed   No sadist I, I took delight   In making my Love cry   Now I'd pray for a single kiss from her   To be lashed and crucified      And now I feel this lady fair   Can never more be mine   Long gone are night in my lonely bed   All suffering and crying   And though I fear that through this life   She'll only call me friend   Til I'm dead and buried in my grave   My Love will never end