The girl is blind and beautiful
I'm honour bound and dutiful
Her head is warm, her skin is cool and she's got religion in a big way
She says those hands are healing hands
She says she's travelled many lands
And i bet that she's got healing hands
But I bet she's never met a man who understands her quite the way that I do
And how was I supposed to know that she's the one betrothed
To a catholic boy with stronger faith than I
Just as I was on my knees with a golden ring between my teeth
Her fingers said she's someone elses bride
Oh she'll never see the beauty I can see
Oh she'll never see her own sweet bonny face
A rejection note written in braille
Hear my smoke filled larynx wail
Cigarettes make me feel alone and her voice gives the lonely tone to my song