I've got an ache
And it yearns like they will do
Oh, it's true
I got him, but before him I had you
After the fall
Came the winter and the spring
He was taken by the mines
But it was you I been missing
Oh-oah-ho... [<i>Variations thereon</i>]
I found a house
On a hill by the lake
Every morning pull the water
Stack the wood, and then wait
At night I found another
I'd invited to my bed
It was him under the sheets
But it was you I felt instead
Oh-oah-ho... [<i>Variations thereon</i>]
I've got an ache
And it yearns like they will do
Oh, it's true
I got him, but before him I had you