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it took all the strength they knew not to consume youand was all that I could muster just to kiss youwatch my waist for days to take this place beside youlike the way the one who loves you is supposed tothe way you used todid you forget?when all who'd soon surpass me sought respectthe press still hung on every envied breathand could you blame them?we both said things that we'd come to regret"here comes success""you cash the checks"you take my nameand braved it with this patience of the saintsi flirted with a fame which never camedid doubts dissuade you?took pains to say "let nature have her way"and 'course she didand you bore the kidthese pangs of pride as every eye moves onto youand though you quiet every roomit's sometimes hard to hear the truthSongtexteand sighs asidethe way the limelights long for youthey shine their colors on me, tooand now there's nothing I can dowhat child is this?the heir to my illusive parentage that face of his could take him far from thisbut I'm still childlessand neither knows just who the father isthe rabbit's deadwell, she easily leapt (?)you've made your nameand trouble loves the cuckold of acclaimthese kids can't sense the difference either wayand can you blame them?when all my memories now bear your nameand sure we've been blessedwell, more or lessthese pangs of prideas every eye collides with youand though you quiet every roomit's always hard to hear the truthand sighs asidethe way the limelight smothers youthey cast their colors on me, toonow they'll remember me through youdoes this amuse you?am I supposed to?it wasn't meant topay your respectsit's grand, I guess, to treat this like a deaththough now somehow less readily erectI might surprise youand rise to the occasion now and thenflesh of my fleshdon't hold your breathis life unkind?well, pride resolves of all things in due timebut who contrives this legacy I leave behindto those born after?obliged to let the master think she's righto long-suffering wifehell, high tideI'm by your sideit was all that they could do not to consume youand was all that I could muster just to kiss youwatch my waist for fifteen days to stand beside youlike the way the one who loves you is supposed toI have my use, too Aus Songtexte Mania