Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat - Ballad of the Bastard lyrics

I crushed your heart in my bloody fists When I did the honest thing and told you of my trysts Well you demanded truth, that's exactly what you got You should've k**ed me there right where I stood When I casually confessed that I'd been up to no good You should've just stepped back and taken your best shot But I a**ured you then that I could change my ways And I think that might've lasted for a couple of days And once again the self-styled lady k**er's caught The sensible solution is to walk away But I'll cunningly convince you that you've got to stay I'll poison your resolve and twist your every thought I don't love you, who knows if I ever did? Who the f** did I think I was trying to kid? You're just the latest s**er that I've sought Everyone is scared of being on their own I thought I was the master but my cover's blown Consider me a lesson deftly taught