Scarborough Gypsy - Deep Within

Once again alone and lost,
This empty feeling is the cost
Of many regrets and dreams I’ve tossed
Onto the heap of mental compost,
This wasn’t the way I meant it to be,
I’d hoped that today, I would be free
From burden and hurt that obviously
Was the root of evil caused by me,
So many dreams that I’ve thrown away,
I asked you to go, when I should have said stay,
I learnt my lesson too late in the day,
And guilt is the price that I have to pay.

Scarborough Gypsy

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