What if I did not love you

Where would that leave me

Would I wander through the avenues

Under appall of misery

Would I be face-down in a gutter

With cheap whiskey on my breath

The lonely life of a writer

Whose words could not pay his debts

Singing

Please don't please don't pass me by

I am alive oh can't you see

That I've been blinded completely

Please don't please don't pass me by

I am alive oh can't you see

That I am pleading for your mercy

What if we became strangers

Would you notice my face in the crowd

And could you hear the sorrow in my voice

Helplessly crying your name out loud

Would I be searching for a saviour

Burned and burning with regret

The lonely life of a writer

With one last desperate request

Singing

Please don't please don't pass me by

I am alive oh can't you see

That I've been blinded completely

Please don't please don't pass me by

I am alive oh can't you see

That I am pleading for your mercy

I've been on the lam

Being hunted something fierce

They say time and tiding waits for no man

But I was just hoping

These storm-filled skies would clear

Please don't please don't pass me by

Please don't please don't pass me by

Please don't please don't pass me by

I am alive oh can't you see

That I am pleading for your mercy