I hear you knocking on the door
But you ain't never coming in, no, no, to this house no more
'Cause it ain't like, it ain't like it was before
You went a-sailin' on for that distant shore, oh, oh, oh
True, we had a love so true
Oh, we had skies so blue, we had skies so blue
So I, I had my hopes held high
Till all I heard was goodbye when I called for you
I turn the key, you twist the knife, I can't win, no, I can't win
Now you're knocking on the door but you can't come in, oh no
So you take it on the chin, yeah, you take it on your weak chin
Then you do it all again and again, tell me when will it end?
And now you come back, oh yeah, you crawled on back
With your head held high and your book of lies in a burlap sack
Well, I just don't know, honey, what went wrong? Oh
Love just can't grow when you're gone so long, oh
I turn the key, you twist the knife, I can't win, no, I can't win
Now you're knocking on the door but you can't come in
Oh no, oh, you just don't know which way the wind is going to blow
Oh, oh, you just don't know just when the sky is going to fall
You've been a soldier, you've been a privateer
Now you're looking much older, yes, you are, my dear
Now you're back again from the lion's den
You've got a plagiarist's eye, you've got a poison pen
I turn the key, you twist the knife, I can't win, no, I can't win
Now you're knocking on the door but you can't come in
Oh no, oh, you just don't know which way the wind is going to blow
Oh, oh, you just don't know just when the sky is going to fall
Love can bend you, love can break
Hearts can mend and hearts can ache
Life will give you what you take
Oh, life will give you what you take
Love can bend you, love can break
Hearts can mend and hearts can ache
Life will give you what you take
Oh, life will give you what you take