Take This Longing Judy Collins

Many men have loved the bells
You fastened to the rein
And everyone who wanted you
They found what they will always want again
Your beauty lost to you yourself
Just as it was lost to them

Oh, take this longing from my heart
Oh, the useless things these hands have done
And let me see your beauty broken down
As you do for one you love

Your body like a searchlight
My own poverty reveals
How I would love to try your charity
Until you cry, "Now you must try my greed"
And everything depends upon
How near you sleep to me

Oh, take this longing from my heart
Oh, the useless things these hands have done
Let me see your beauty broken down
As you do for one you love

As hungry as an archway
Through which the troops have passed
I stand in ruins behind you
With your winter clothes and your broken sandal straps
I love to see you naked over there
Especially from the back