He was tall and dark and at times he would smile
But happiness it's such a little while
I loved him strong and fierce and true
He'd look at me and say he loved me too
Then one day I said you lie
God only knows the tears I cry
He stared at me in mad dismay
Now love you don't know what you say
But I heard nothing in his sighs
Only tears filled my eyes
He sat down and he touched my hair
I wished to go
But I wasn't there
Oh his eyes looked hard and they looked long
I can't betray them in my song
I only know that he was there
His hands kept playing with my long brown hair
Then he spoke and truth opened the door
The truth I'd known so long before
My eyes went down no more to stir
He walked down the path to her
