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