I left my country when I was nineteen
1925
And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast
Met a woman who became my life

And oh when I saw her
The darkness fled from me
And flew like a blackbird into the sun
On the day she married me

Dear God...

But now the [bad [bad word] for me
Oh now the [bad [bad word] for me
Lord give me forgiveness
For all that I have done
Forgive me now of the weight I bear
Don't keep me on [bad word] 
Dear God
Dear God
I remember climbing up those shoulders [bad word] up under you like a lion [bad word] down like we were dying
Dear God

I left my country when I was nineteen
1925
And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast
Met a woman who became my life

And oh when I saw her
The darkness fled from me
And flew like a blackbird into the sun
On the day she married me

Dear God
Dear God
I remember climbing up those shoulders...