Well I bumped inside the magic man   And he laid some tricks on me   He said, “You do need help, my friend”   I whispered, “Obviously”   He laid a spread of Jacks and Queens   And he bade me take my pick   But every face it had your face   I cried out, “I am sick”      Sick of hauling your love around   Want to run the train alone   But the engine tracks straight through your heart   And weighs me like a stone      Oh, it’s a hard load to love you   It takes up all my time, having you   So familiar   Like last life’s   Nursery rhyme      So I gave away the pictures   And your golden ring   And the phone calls you sent me   And the silver birds that sing   Then the man he told me something   That really brought me down   Your things were thrown away, it’s true   But you were still in town      Sick of hauling your love around   Want to run the train alone   But the engine tracks straight through your heart   And weighs me like a stone      Oh, it’s a hard load to love you   It takes up all my time, having you   So familiar   Like last life’s   Nursery rhyme      The magician left a message   It flashes when I hide   Accept the chains of loving   Accept or else remove yourself from her side   And do without her love   And I lay back with a steel chain   I keep it by my side   I could mail a letter to you but I still   Have my pride      Sick of hauling your love around   Want to run the train alone   But the engine tracks straight through your heart   And weighs me like a stone      Three times I’ve sent you back from me   Three times my bones gone dry   And three times I’ve seen the shooting shark   Lighting up the sky      Oh, it’s a hard load to love you, babe   It takes my breath away   The fourth time around   Is the last time around   There’s nothing else to say