The Milk of Human Kindness

Album: A Salty Dog 1969 

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Words by
Keith 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  

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