The timbers creak--the whistle whines
As reason abandons my mind
I think this time I've gone too far
The price I'll pay will be your heart

There's no use pretending
The words I'm defending
Aren't condescending
Don't think I don't know

Like a creek overflowing
Your crying eyes are swollen
If silence is golden
I've struck the motherlode

I've been so lucky in love
Guess I was blessed from above
But you're the best bad luck I've ever had
I've never gone so far so fast

There's no use pretending
The words I'm defending
Aren't condescending
Don't think I don't know

Like a creek overflowing
Your crying eyes are swollen
If silence is golden
I've struck the motherlode

I'll be the wealthiest man in the world
Lonely as Midas
I'll have the finest
Pillows to cry on

As your quicksilver tears fill the sky
I think of all the hearts I can buy
I don't mean to profit from pain
But I'd hate to think we've loved in vain

There's no use pretending
The words I'm defending
Aren't condescending
Don't think I don't know

Like a creek overflowing
Your crying eyes are swollen
If silence is golden
I've struck the motherlode