I saw you once before
saw you when your lips were talkin'
you had stopped outside my door
I guess I thought your legs were through with walkin'
and I felt a smile pull on my mouth
and I felt hope for the first time
and I knew you in mine
so I went so far from home
to start a new one with you
but he soon began to roam
saying 'sugar, its just 
no one can love a woman like I do'
and when people asked 'how can
you be wife and man'
I told them we were in love
and that that was enough
but oh my darling we would get along
if he would just stay, stay, stay
oh my lover, I won't do you wrong
if you'd just say you wont be gone
'cause when I awake and I don't see your face
I try to count my blessings in the time we kissed
but all those nights when you're not by my side
I tell myself there's got to be something better
than this
so I soon devised a plan
so your cheatin' heart wouldn't stray
with the sleeping pills in hand
I spiked your whisky and waited 
for the darkness at the end of the day
when you fell into a deep sleep
to your bedside I did creep
I let my anger out with ropes
in knots strong and true
and when you woke I sang to you
I said, I said, oh my darling
I can see you want to leave
why don't you try, try, try
oh my lover, used to be so easy to flee
but you know I am done being the fool you see
and these chains that bind
will link your heart to mine
and you will learn to finish what you did start
you can say I'm crazy
but you know I did believe
when you swore to God in heaven
to love me death till us part
oh my darling, we ill get along
now that you've stayed - you have to stay
oh my lover, I won't do you wrong
now that I know you can't be gone
when you awake and you see my face
you'd better count your blessings in the time we kissed
and all those nights now that you are by my side
you'd better tell me there couldn't be anything better
than this
I'm not saying that its right
but you're here with me tonight
and that's where I think a good husband should be
darling, don't you agree?