[Verse 1] When she said Dont waste your words, theyre just lies I cried she was deaf And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes And said, What else you got left? Yeah, it was then that I got up to leave But she said, Dont forget Everybody must give something back For something they get [Verse 2] I stood there and hummed I tapped on her drum I asked her How come? And she buttoned her boot And straightened her suit Then she said, Dont get cute So I forced my hands in my pockets And felt with my thumbs And gallantly handed her My very last piece of gum [Verse 3] She threw me outside I stood in the dirt where everyone walked And after finding out Id Forgotten my shirt I went back and knocked I waited in the hallway, she went to get it And I tried to make sense Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair That leaned up against [Verse 4] Her Jamaican rum And when she did come, I asked her for some She said, No, dear I said, Your words arent clear Youd better spit out your gum She screamed til her face got so red Then she fell on the floor And I covered her up and then Thought Id go look through her drawer [Verse 5] And when I was through I filled up my shoe And brought it to you And you, you took me in You loved me then You never wasted time And I, I never took much I never asked for your crutch Now dont ask for mine
said, asked, gum, stood, gallantly