Dorothy Parker - Liebestod lyrics

When I was bold, when I was bold And that's a hundred years! Oh, never I thought my breast could hold The terrible weight of tears I said: "Now some be dolorous I hear them wail and sigh And if it be Love that play them thus Then never a love will I." I said: "I see them rack and rue I see them wring and ache And little I'll crack my heart in two With little the heart can break." When I was gay, when I was gay It's ninety years and nine! Oh, never I thought that d**h could lay His terrible hand in mine I said: "He plies his trade among The musty and infirm A body so hard and bright and young Could never be meat for worm." "I see him dull their eyes," I said "And still their rattling breath And how under God could I be dead That never was meant for d**h?" But Love came by, to quench my sleep And here's my sundered heart And bitter's my woe, and black, and deep And little I guessed a part Yet this there is to cool my breast And this to ease my spell Now if I were Love's, like all the rest Then can I be d**h's, as well And he shall have me, sworn and bound And I'll be done with Love And better I'll be below the ground Than ever I'll be above