[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Well I know, you couldn't love me
'Cause you're promised, to a wealthy man
Take a look, what are you seeing?
Is that a noose, or a wedding band?

[Verse 2]
Should I go, to see a healer?
Nervous twitchin' in my hands
Ooooh
Nervous twitchin' in my head

[Refrain]
God help me rid this feelin'
'Cause I'm fallin' all to pieces
And I can't get out of bed

[Chorus]
Beggars and hangers-on
Try to take you from me
Someone with a bible in his pocket
Clouding everything you see!
Beggars and hangers-on
They chip it away
Bury your soul in the river
'Cause the end is here to stay!
[Refrain]
God help me rid this feelin'
'Cause I'm fallin' all to pieces
And I can't get out of bed

[Verse 3]
I was wrong, I don't need you
It seems reckless, and unfair
Better days, are far behind me
Guess that's another cross, I'll have to bear (ooooh)

[Verse 4]
I know that there's a time and a reason
To take this ghost and lock it up inside
And maybe I am down but I'm not beaten
Like anything we were born to die

[Chorus]
Beggars and hangers-on
Try to take you from me
Someone with a bible in his pocket
Clouding everything you see!
Beggars and hangers-on
They chip it away
Bury your soul in the river
'Cause the end is here to stay!
[Outro]
Beggars and hangers on!
Beggars and hangers on!
No, no, no, no!
No, no, no, no!
No, no, no, no! No, no, no, no!

No, no, no, no! No, no, no, no!
No, no, no, no! No, no, no, no!
No, no, no, no!