and the days they flew by
and the leaves fell from the trees
and many times you came around
and many times you slept with me
and every time that we made love
you wrote it down in your diary
lady of ladies
but i would always say to you
don't ask about tomorrow
give what you have
take what you need
your time is only now
don't try to tie me down to promises
i live for today
today is all there is
and freedom seems to be everything to me
i took you down to a party
on the night of the 4th of may
and a strange and growing restlessness
had hung in the air all day
the need to try and tear down
and destroy all that we'd made
lady of ladies
you whispered in my ear and asked me
if i fancied her
you told me that he'd phoned you
when i was in america
daring each other just to say okay
swap for tonight
didn't i always say
that freedom seems to be everything to me
and she came and she sat down beside me
and you found an excuse to go downstairs
and she smiled and made
the kind of conversation that you do
and later on she said
'my last train has gone
oh i wonder if you could run me home'
and i found vou in the hallway and told you
that was all that i would do
just run her home and it's through
oh i thought you knew
but i must confess
i laid my head on her breast
and it seemed so hard
to pull it away
her hand touched my hand
and her eyes were offering the rest
if it wasn't for you
oh i would have stayed
but i came back home through the morning
to find you lying awake
and i knew all at once what you'd done
and i heard myself say
why did you have to sleep with him