The Letter Lyrics - Marianne Faithfull

One grows weary of everything, my angel. It is the law of nature, 

it is not my fault. 

If for example I had as much love as you have virtue, and that is 

surely saying a lot, is it not astonishing that we should end at the 

same time as 

the other ? It is not my fault. 

From this, it follows that for some time I have been deceiving 

you. But then, your pitiless affection forced me as it were to do so. It 

is not my 

fault. 

Today, a woman I love madly insists that I sacrifice you to her. 

It is not my fault. 

I realise that this is a fine opportunity for crying out on 

perjury, but if nature's only given men assurance, or if she gave women 

obstinacy, it is 

not my fault. 

Take my advice: choose another lover, as I have chosen another 

mistress. This is good advice. Very good. If you think it bad, it is not 

my fault. 

Farewell, my angel, I took you with pleasure, I abandon you 

without regret. Perhaps I will come back, to you. So goes the world, it 

is not my 

fault. 

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