The Milk Of Human Kindness Lyrics

The Milk Of Human Kindness lyrics

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