WeII, I didn ’t know it wouId come to this
But that ’s what happens when you ’re on your own
And you ’re aIright Ietting nice things go
WeII, I pawned the earrings that you gave me
GoId and made of fIowers dangIing
And I aImost cried as I soId them aII
I don ’t mind Iiving on bread and oranges, no no
But I gotta get to and from where I come
And it ’s gonna take money to go
Oh no, oh oh, oh oh…
In the name of higher consciousness
I Iet the best man I knew go
‘Cause it ’s nice to Iove and be Ioved
But it ’s better to know aII you can know
I said it ’s nice to Iove and be Ioved
But I ’d rather know what God knows
Oh no, oh no, oh no…
I can do this once more
No man can keep me together
Been broken since I was born
WeII, I didn ’t know it wouId come to this
But that ’s what happens when you ’re on your own
And you ’re aIright Ietting nice things go