~ Chorus ~
Try to be respectable
Take my suit and wear it well
Try to be respectable
Try not to let them get to you
Like they got to me it’s true
Try not to let them get to you
~ Verse ~
When I left home
A long time ago
My father told me
There are things you should know
My life has been a chain
Of dirty tricks and lies
My victims scattered round
With tired haunted eyes
~ Pre-Chorus ~
There ain’t no shame
Like the shame of a guilty man
So keep your innocence
For as long as you can
~ Chorus ~
~ Verse ~
I’ve been to Helen’s bed
Where the war it never ends
The beauty in her room
And stole my common sense
She’s just a woman
But the things she made me do
And when your mother left
I wish I could leave too
~ Pre-Chorus ~
There ain’t no pain
Like the pain of a wounded girl
When she cries
It shakes the pillars of the world
~ Chorus ~
~ Verse ~
I’ve made mistakes it’s true
So many things I can’t undo
But I could not forgive myself
If I messed up raising you
If I messed up raising you
~ Chorus ~