[Verse 1] A pistol shot at 5 o'clock The bells of heaven ring Tell me what you done it for No, I won't tell you a thing [Verse 2] Yesterday I begged you Before I hit the ground All I leave behind me Is only what I found [Verse 3] If you can abide it Let the hurdy-gurdy play Stranger ones have come by here Before they flew away [Verse 4] I will not condemn you Nor yet would I deny I would ask the same of you But failing will not die [Verse 5] Take up your china doll It's only fractured And just a little nervous From the fall