O Song

You don't keep me company,

You all turn out wrong,

If you are my daughters, if you are my sons,

I can only hold you inside for so long,

O song, did I lead you on?

If you are my love, well love what's wrong?

You don't keep me company for near enough long,

I can't feel or touch you, or hold you for long,

O song, are you leading me on?

Friends come in time, and then they are gone,

I know what it's like to be floating along

Without a warm body to heap your cares on,

O on and into the night.

For I have been bad now for twenty years long,

For centuries you have been pure and strong,

If you thought me a good place to stay you were wrong,

O song, did I lead you on?