Got me a prescription for perfect living But I lost it on the breeze So I ran down to the crossroads winter stinging And I tried my very best just to breathe Now I know it's not the way That it was meant to be But right now I don't think I can see Would you lend me your eyes for a little while So I might remember how to smile? Got me a friend named Peg, she taught me knitting Gonna knit me a new man And even though, I don't know his perfect fitting Well I'm sure he'll understand Now I know it's not the way That it was meant to be But right now I don't think I can see Would you lend me your eyes for a little while So I might remember how to smile? Does everybody feel like this sometimes? Where every word they say, sounds like recycled rhymes Contrived and out of date, it's nothing new But it's all I got, to say to you I stare at the right side of my double bed Books and medicines instead of you And you know, yeah you know Cannon balls hit hard when you're not sleeping And time takes time it's true Now I know it's not the way That it was meant to be But right now I don't think can see So would you lend me your eyes for a little while So I might remember how to be