A lone tree stood alone in its field The two men met under its branches They talked, they spoke about old days They laughed but threw suspicious glances The precedent's unknown I don't want to sleep alone The precedent's unknown I don't want to sleep alone Don't want to sleep alone I can't find no reason I can't find no rhyme To live alone in love's season This sordid pantomime I was one of those of men The other had turned coat against us I'd known him for years and years and years But now he fought against us in praxis The precedent's unknown I don't want to sleep alone The precedent's unknown I don't want to sleep alone Don't want to sleep alone I can't find no reason I can't find no rhyme To live alone in love's season This sordid pantomime The meeting over, I fled Back to my car and my waiting wife We reflected, we refracted We spoke of the hurt in our lives With reluctance, smoked relaxants And off to her marital bed I'm quite sure I've never seen A mattress so tainted, corrupted The precedent's unknown I don't want to sleep alone The precedent's unknown I don't want to sleep alone Don't want to sleep alone I can't find no reason I can't find no rhyme To live alone in love's season This sordid pantomime I can't find no reason I can't find no rhyme To live alone in love's season This sordid pantomime