When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, 'The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.

When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, 'Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away.'

His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.

Lovers lying two and two Ask not whom they sleep beside, And the bridegroom all night through Never turns him to the bride.

There are lessons to life That the lovers got to learn There are corners out there You know they're waitin' somewhere And you've got to be prepared to turn The…

Oh, be wiser thou! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love.

I've got tears in my ears from lyin' on my back In my bed while I cry over you. And the tears in my ears, they're off the beaten track Since you said 'It's goo…