What can I take from you?
what can I take from you?
what's worth one plug nickel from a silly fool?
what can I take from you
why did I leave you there?
why did I leave you there?
with your long black kitty and your funky hair
why did I leave you there?
give it to me!

talking' about a friend of mine
see mr. danny boy
did ya see mr. danny boy
why did I leave you there?
why did I leave you there?
with your long black kitty and your funky hair
why did I leave you there?
I said baby

stop lovin' by the rules
I heard the rumors danny
stop your talkin' danny
I heard the rumors danny

lost down in santa fe
I had love with a runaway
and to think my daddy thought I was gay
said I lost mine in santa fe
the riff miester is my friend
the riff miester is my friend
I love that motherfucker till the very end
bolan was my man

said baby
stop lovin' by the rules
I heard the rumors, danny
stop your talkin danny
I heard the rumors, danny

it's a long long road for this here desperado
and its cold cold cold visions of tomorrow
so when was the last time you wrote for me a song

I said babe, stop loving by the rules
and don't play for sorrow
don't play the fool
don't play the fool