All my lifetime i've done wrong
never thinking i belonged
and my problems stay with me
cause my thoughts lie with she
She was my girlfriend though i was mean
always there in my hour of need
i took for granted her gentleness
and have to live without her sweet caress
And as i light me a cigarette
my heart is falling in my breast
and as i lie me down to rest
there's a mountain of regret
I turn my back on her true love
all my friends and the lord above
and my drinking dragged me down
to the bars in cabbage town
And as i light me a cigarette
my heart is falling in my breast
and as i lie me down to rest
there's a mountain of regret

and as i sit here feeling low
wondering why she had to go
i know i see through my disgrace
the perfect beauty of her face
And as i light me a cigarette
my heart is falling in my breast
and as i lie me down to rest
there's a mountain of regret