Came So Far for Beauty

<br>I came so far for beauty left<br><br>So much behind<br><br>My patience and my family<br><br>My masterpiece unsigned<br><br>I thought Id be rewarded<br><br>For such a lonely choice<br><br>And surely she would answer<br><br>To such a very hopeless voice<br><br>I practiced all my sainthood<br><br>I gave to one and all<br><br>But the rumours of my virtue<br><br>They moved her not at all<br><br>I changed my style to silver<br><br>I changed my clothed to black<br><br>And where I would surrender<br><br>Now I would attack I stormed the old casino<br><br>For the money and the flesh and I myself decided<br><br>What was rotten and what was fresh<br><br>And men to do my bidding<br><br>And broken bones to teach<br><br>The value of my pardon<br><br>The shadow of my reach<br><br>But no, I could not touch her<br><br>With such a heavy hand<br><br>Her star beyond my order<br><br>Her nakedness unmanned<br><br>I came so far for beauty<br><br>I left so much behind<br><br>My patience and my family<br><br>My masterpiece unsigned