NEVER I WILL 

Written by David Poe.  ©2000 Charming Martyr Music (BMI).  All rights reserved. From The Late Album 

YOU HAD A LOOK DOWN YOUR NOSE AT MY CHRISTMAS CLOTHES 

YOU HAD A DRINK ON ME AND MY SHABBY SUIT 

AND WHILE THE NIGHT WAS TUNING BLACK  

YOU REFUSED TO GET INSIDE A CAB AND LEAVE DOWNTOWN BEIRUT 

I THREW YOUR CAPE AROUND YOUR SHOULDERS 

AND IN A VOICE THAT SOUNDED OLDER 

THAN THE HEADS OF STATE YOU HATED 

AND YOU SAID YOU WANTED ME TO KILL 

  

I SAID I DON'T KNOW YOU 

THOUGH I WANTED TO 

IF I DON'T KNOW YOU NOW 

NEVER I WILL 

NEVER I WILL 

NEVER I WILL 

  

FIRST YOU SOLD YOUR FAMILY HEIRLOOMS AND YOUR MANORS 

FOR A TRINKET THAT THEY SAID WOULD BRING YOU LUCK 

THEN YOU GAVE YOUR PRUDENT BODY TO A SAILOR ON SHORE LEAVE 

FROM A SHIP HE CALLED THE FORTUNATE ONE 

WHEN YOU TRAVELLED 'CROSS THE SEA 

THEN YOU DECIDED YOU'D COME TO ME 

BUT I WAS HANGING 'NEATH A DEAD TREE  

ON A GREEN HILL 

  

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW YOU 

THOUGH I WANTED TO 

IF I DON'T KNOW YOU NOW 

NEVER I WILL 

NEVER I WILL 

NEVER I WILL 

  

YOU'RE THE VIBE QUEEN 

A STAR UP ON A SCREEN  

WHO'S SWALLOWED DOWN A CHOKING POTION  

A PERSONALITY PILL 

  

I DON'T KNOW YOU 

THOUGH I WANTED TO 

IF I DON'T KNOW YOU NOW 

NEVER I WILL 

NEVER I WILL 

NEVER I WILL 

  

BUT I TRIED TO APOLOGIZE 

AND THAT IS WHEN YOU CAME IN FOR THE KILL 

AND WHEN I TRIED TO WIN YOU BACK YOU TOOK A RIFLE FROM YOUR RACK 

AND I DANCED TIL YOU HAD YOUR FILL 

AND WHEN YOU SEE ME ON THE ROAD 

YOU SUMMON UP YOUR MORAL CODE 

YOU GOT SOMETHING TO PROVE TO ME STILL