I
Fought the angels here today
Hope
My defeat will end this play
Everybody knows that
I only have myself to blame
Everybody knows that
Softly, softly wins the game
 [bad word] I'll try to learn again
My words
Are seldom for a friend

Knew
At the time that they came out
Wish
I could have them disallowed
Everybody knows that
We say things we do not mean
Everybody knows that
We say things that are unclean
 [bad word] I'll try to learn again
My words
Are seldom for a friend [bad word] Conversations in my head
Write
My own scripts to dish the dread
And if I speak out loud
I will have to change [bad word] For speaking's out of bounds
If it's practised by a fool
 [bad word] I'll try to learn again
My words
Are seldom for a friend
So lend me
An ear to lean upon
To speak to
And learn my speaking from