D                    F
My friend I know you’ve suffered,
   C                   G
Although you are still young.
D                    F    
Why was it you who’d not take help
C       G
From anyone?

        D               F
Oh it’s true, it's very true, he said,
     C                 G
Some hard times I have known,
    D                 F    
But I have always overcome them
C     G
On my own.

       D                    F
Oh the pearls that you hold in your hand
C                     G
They are beautiful to see,
        D                F    
But you show them not to anyone,
C        G
Not even me.

    D                F
For you are like the others, he said.
  C            G
I never can be sure
     D                        F    
That you wish just to see the pearls
    C       G
And nothing more.

     D               F
Why can you not see reason?
     C                  G
Our lives they are not long.
D            F    
Why can you take no time
    C                G
To tell us all we’re wrong?

    D                F
My tune it does not change, he said,
     C                G
And neither does your song,
    D                F
And words I use them rarely
C            G
When I’m all alone.