Far Worse Off

I’ve got it bad
But there is someone is such far worse shoes
And though it makes me sad to contemplate
My sorry fate
Hers is one I would not choose
You hurt me so
With your silky words and roving eye
Still it helps to know
That in this world
There’s some poor girl
Who’s far worse off than I
Don’t know if she has money
Or where she went to school
Don’t even know what makes her laugh
Still I feel sorry for the fool
I’ve been through hell
But there is someone in a far worse place
For th truth to tell
This sorry Eve
For whom I griev
Has never seen your face
She may toss quotes from Sartre
Or dig for Inca in Peru
She may recite some Buddhist chant
But still she’s hasn’t got a clue