The milk of human kindness lyrics

Artist  : Procol harum 
Song : The milk of human kindness
 
(brooker / reid)

When you knew that I had given all the kindness
that I had
Did you think that it might be time to stop? 
When you knew that I was through
That I’d done all I could do
Did you really have to milk the final drop? 
Not content with my mistake
You behaved just like a snake
And you left me for a wasp without a sting
Tell all my friends back home
That I did it on my own
And that to their well-worn cares they should
cling

When you knew that I had given all the kindness
that I had
Did you feel you had to break that lonely vow? 
When you knew that I was through
That I’d done all I could do
Did you really have to sow that final plough? 
Not content with my mistake, you behaved just
like a snake
And you left me for a wasp without a sting
Tell all the folks back home that he did it on
his own
And that to their well-worn cares they should
cling