the love of my life is a shady lady tearin me up just to bring me down she used to be calm but now she s crazy i dont mind tearin me down like a jungle monkey cuttin me up like a jungle cat she used to be fine but now she s funky i don t mind she s not the love of my life anymore the love of my life takes my lunch to breakfast nary a thought that a man might starve she used to smoke dope but now she s x ing i don t mind tearing me down like a full length mirror praying for death as her beauty fades she ll go anywhere any man will lead her i don t mind she s not the love of my life anymore i hurt you walk there ain t no looking for an answer when the question s come and gone i ll stay you ll go there ain t no hoping for tomorrow so i ll pack up all my sorrow and find some hope that i can borrow i m just trying to save my sanity and my soul the love of my life is a shady lady tearin me up just to bring me down she used to be calm but now she s crazy i dont mind she s not the love of my life anymore