I came so far for beauty
I left so much behind
My patience and my family

My masterpiece unsigned

I thought I'd be rewarded

For such a lonely choice
And surely she would answer
To such a very hopeless voice


I practiced all my sainthood
I gave to one and all

But the rumours of my virtue,
They moved her not at all


I changed my style to silver
I changed my clothes to black
And where I would surrender,

I would attack

I stormed the old casino

For the money and the flesh
And I myself decided
What was rotten and what was fresh


And men to do my bidding
And broken bones to teach

The value of my pardon
And the shadows of my reach


But oh, I could not touch her
With such a heavy hand
Her star beyond my order

Her nakedness unmanned