That's What I'm Told

You don’t love me I’ve been told

Your heart once warm, now mine’s cuckold

The frog you kissed turned to a toad

That’s what I’m told

Well our love reigned and then it snowed

I’m standing naked in the road

You’re dressed up all a la mode

That’s what I’m told

That is what I’ve been told

This Midas touch makes dust from gold

I’m the player who’s been caught and bowled

That’s what I’m told

Precious metals can corrode

And diamonds turn to rust and mould

A new love built on my scaffold

That’s what I’m told

I guess that we ran out of road

The highway signs in braille and code

I’m a slow vehicle marked ‘heavy load’

That’s what I’m told

That is what I’ve been told

This Midas touch makes dust from gold

I’m the player who’s been caught and bowled

That’s what I’m told

There’s no way back into your fold

A love all buckled, bent and bowed

You waited but I never showed

That’s what I’m told

That is what I’ve been told

This Midas touch makes dust from gold

I’m the player who’s been caught and bowled

That’s what I’m told

That is what I’ve been told

This Midas touch makes dust from gold

I’m the player who’s been caught and bowled

That’s what I’m told

You don’t love me I’ve been told

(lyrics by Vin Murtagh ©2015)