You and I used to meet on the crowded street
High on absinthe and all distilled so sweet
Under a doorway lit by a single bulb
You asked me if I could give you my love
Sir I cannot give what I do not feel
So don't ask and ask you wax me ill
Yet I should think there a girl who might take pity on you
Who'd love you like you know I could never do -
Nell or Nan won't give you trouble like you know I would
Their love is free, which I'm sure you deserve
Now let's shake hands and call ourselves friend
For all things start and all things must end
I shall say our time together was that most pleasant
Remember me well and harbor no resentment
But why you go ‘round and say that I have no heart?
It don't make sense - you want what you say I ain't got
Now I said I could not love you and that I mean
Ain't no man gonna put a rope around me
Ain't no man gonna put a rope around me
She ain't said never better wait and see
Ain't no man gonna put a rope around me
She ain't said never better wait and see