Ribbons 'Round My Tongue

Oh lady fair, your stranglin' hair

Ribbons 'round my tongue

I try to speak, my thoughts grow weak

From all the yarns you've spun

I heard them say that evil may

Walk in beauty's shoes

But if ever I could love myself

Then I'll stop loving you

Were you out the other night

Flirting with all my friends?

I heard you told a joke or two

With my name at the end

Well, come 'round home, i'm all alone

And tell me that just ain't true

But if ever I could love myself

Then I'll stop loving you

When you're gone, I'll carry on

It's never meant to last

I'd much prefer to sit alone

And drink about the past

So I say "some how, some way"

Till I believe it's true

But if ever I could love myself

Then I'll stop loving you