Ribbons 'Round My Tongue

Oh, lady fair, your stranglin' hair Ribbons 'round my tongue I try to speak, my thoughts grow weak For all the yarns you?ve spun I heard them say that evil may Walk in beauty?s shoes But if ever I could love myself Then I?ll stop loving you Were you out the other night Flirting with all my friends? I heard you told a joke or two With my name at the end We come 'round home, I'm all alone Tell me it just ain't true But if ever I could love myself Then I?ll stop loving you When you?re gone, I?ll carry on It was never meant to last I'd much prefer to sit alone And dream about the past And so I say somehow, someway Till I believe it's true But if ever I could love myself Then I?ll stop loving you