Sweet Delilah, come inside And won't you mend my broken bones The more that I get thrust aside The more I beg you not to go I'm building up a wall And I can't get over it I slip into the false again And I said oh, no, I know I've been a fool And I said whoa, no, I fell in love with you And I said oh, no, I know I've been a fool when I said Sweet Delilah, can't deny That she was happy long ago Twenty-five and full of life The more I begged her not to know White paint up on the walls Pretty pictures of the day I slipped into the false again I said woah, no, I know I've been a fool And I said whoa, no, I fell in love with you And I said whoa, no, I know I've been a fool when I said Oh, yeah And I said whoa, no, I know I've been a fool And I said whoa, no, 'cause I fell in love with you And I said whoa, no, well I know I've been a fool and I said Oh, no, I know I've been a fool And I said, Lord knows that I fell in love with you I said oh, no, well I know I've been a fool and I said (whistles)