I came so far for beauty
   I left so much behind
   My patience and my family
   My masterpiece unsigned
  
   I thought I'd be rewarded
   For such a lonely choice
   And surely she would answer
   To such a very hopeless voice
  
   I practiced all my sainthood
   I gave to one and all
   But the rumors of my virtue
   They moved her not at all
  
   I changed my style to silver
   I changed my clothes to black
   And where I would surrender
   I would attack
  
   I stormed the old casino
   For the money and the flesh
   And I myself decided
   What was rotten and what was fresh
  
   And men to do my bidding
   And broken bones to teach
   The value of my pardon
   The shadows of my reach
  
   But no, I could not touch her
   With such a heavy hand
   Her star beyond my order
   Her nakedness unmanned