I’ve been troubled with the dropsy
I’ve been troubled with the wars
I’ve been troubled playing patsy
To a Parliament of Whores.
I’m not carrying any hand guns
But I can carry a tune
When I cry like a wolf at the moon.

I’ve been waiting for my lady
I’ve been standing in the rain
I’ve been waiting to go crazy
So I’ll believe in her again.
She left me like a politician
That was sometime last June
And left me crying like a wolf at the moon.

Holy Mary, mother of Jesus
Holy Mary, mother of pain
Holy Mary, if you please, please
Send somebody back down here again.
I’ve been waiting here all evening
I trust he’ll be here soon.
Meantime, I’ll cry like a wolf at the moon.