Please let me say what I need to say

I know I hurt you; and all the pain I put you through...
in my drinking days.

I know it ain't right; a man and a woman should not fight...
more than they love.

The day that we wed; there were promises I said...
that I didn't keep.

All the time that you have been away; these months have all been slate and gray...
although we've both had others in our beds.

But when she's breathing next to me; I shut my eyes and all I see...
is your naked body.

I know that I can't make right, the wrongs of 3,000 nights...
with only a few words.

This is my last attempt, to get past your contempt...
Please let me say what I need to say.