Oh it takes my life away   To think of her as gone   Now I’m running down the maze   And I’m finding only war      Blowing down the flame   To catch the burning wind   Now I’m running out of steam   Now watch this man collapse      You said you wanted a better life   And you will tell me what you find   And then I’ll stay the whole night through    And I’ll turn from sad to blue   Yes I’m choking after you (?)   Yeah I’m choking after you      Wish you’d think of me   The way I think of you   Well I find it hard to breathe   Cause now I know the truth      So what good would fingers be   If it weren’t for diamond rings?   Now I know you’re leaving me   And I know that I’m no king      And you said you wanted a better life   And you will tell me oh what you find   And then I stay the whole night through   And I turn from sad to blue   Yeah I’m choking after you   Miss, I’m choking now, do you?      (Go ahead now, tell them all about it)      So what good would fingers be   If it weren’t for diamond rings?   Now I know you’re leaving me   And I know that I’m no king