She did

Oh she’d drag me out with spurs 
Into the candlelight 
She did. 

And she rode me like the bull 
In some honky-tonk 
She did, oh yes she did 

But she’d never had to worry 
About the dwindling of dollars 
Or how life could strike out iron spite 
And crush you without warning 
But I did, Lo-Lord I surely did. 

And I was bold when I first met her 
Enamored with all the things that she did 
Oh but then something crept into me 
It was a blackness I hated and I deeply hid 
But I was jealous and concerned 
Like some damn beast and she was beauty 
Thought some dashing man would sweep her up 
And bury me in torment 
Yes, I did, though I ain’t too proud of it 

Oh was I speaking holy tongues? 
Or withdrawing from you? 
Did a plague of sinking feelings leave me speaking in half-truths? 
Oh I do not have the stomach to repair these gaping wounds 
I’ll take my share of the blame for all the things I did. 

So now our castle gates are broken 
The wreckage is the price for what we did 
Oh yeah that girl she was my lover 
Now she is a stranger in the land in which I live 
Oh ain’t it funny how far we travel in the company of friends 
Yet somehow the times we share but fill our faces with regret? 
Oh, I hate it, though I feel it must be (sib[?]) 

Oh was I speaking holy tongues? 
Or withdrawing from you? 
Did a plague of sinking feelings leave me speaking in half-truths? 
Though I do not have the stomach to repair these gaping wounds 
I’ll take my share of the blame for all the things I did.