You're not worth a damn in my eyes
That was back when I loved you
When I looked in people's eyes and saw you
My first homeland and my last
My first homeland and my last
(x2)
I wasted my days and got nothing in return
As I sought your nearness in love
Enough! I beg you, could you be so kind as to
Go away and get over me
Go away and get over me
You're not worth a damn in my eyes
That was back when I loved you
When I looked in people's eyes and saw you
My first homeland and my last
My first homeland and my last
I wasted my days and got nothing in return, nothing
As I sought your nearness in love
Enough! I beg you, could you be so kind as to
Go away and get over me
Go away and get over me
Have your pick of anybody else in this whole world
Smite her with the weariness of your path
Me, I'm quite content to be left alone
With my shadow and my deprivation
With my shadow and my deprivation
Your love in my heart has dwindled away, dwindled, dwindled
Your heart gave up mine
And I doubt there will ever come a day
You'd look for me and find me there
You'd look for me and find me there
You're no-o-ot—you're not worth a damn in my eyes
A single damn
That was back when I loved you
Back, I loved you
When I looked in people's eyes and saw you
Yeah, people!
My first homeland and my last, my first—
My first homeland and my last
I wasted my days and got nothing in return, nothing
As I sought your nearness in love
Enough! I beg you, could you be so kind as to
Go away and get over me
Go away and get over me
I'm the one who when I loved you
Was left behind by my world at your side
In sorrow, I looked to your eyes in the hopes
They'd take me back to my address
They'd take me back to my address
Think back to my kindness and docility
Then think back to your treacherous and deceitful ways
Try as you might
There will never come a day when you'll be what's on the inside of me1
There will never come a day when you'll be what's on the inside of me
You're not worth a damn in my eyes
That was back when I loved you
When I looked in people's eyes and saw you
My first homeland and my last
My first homeland and my last
I wasted my days and got nothing in return
As I sought your nearness in love
Enough! I beg you, could you be so kind as to
Go away and get over me
Go away and get over me
1. 'wujdaan' is a word used to describe that which can only be felt and not expressed, and which serves as a source of an individual's identity and sense of purpose. It corresponds to various Western philosophical terms, but they all fall short of completely encompassing it.