If It Doesn’t Come Naturally, Leave It Al Stewart

[Verse 1]
"Nothing that's forced can ever be right. If it doesn't come naturally, leave it
That's what she said as she turned out the light and we bent our backs as slaves of the night
Then she lowered her guard and showed me the scars she got from trying to fight
Saying oh, you'd better believe it

[Verse 2]
Well I'm up to my neck in the crumbling wreckage of all that I wanted from life
When I looked for respect all I got was neglect, though I swallowed the line as a sign of the times
But dealing a jack from the back of the pack, they said
"You lose again" Oh, I said, who needs it?

[Verse 3]
Well don't get me wrong now I tried to get on with the jokers that got in my way
And I put on a smile and I tried all the while to be straight
But they just wanted more all the time and I'm sure that you know what I mean when I say
That I'm sick of the touch and there's only so much you can take

[Verse 4]
Well nothing that's real is ever for free
And you just have to pay for it sometime
She said it before, she said it to me
I suppose she believed there was nothing to see
But the same old four imaginary walls she built for living inside
I said oh, you just can't mean it