All For the Love of Michael

[Verse 1]
She has taken to making money again
In that sacred time-honored way
And all of the sainted money
Goes into his arms to play
And I am only wishing
I could guard her part of the way
But all for the love of Michael
She won't see another day
All for the love of Michael

[Verse 2]
And I am sad to see she is pregnant again
You can see it in her face
So warm and pained and beautiful
So pale yet full of grace
But the last one they took from her
And gave it another name
And all for love of Michael
She will never be the same
All for the love of Michael

[Verse 3]
And she has cut off all her hair again
That she used to dry his feet
And dip the sponge in vinegar
The smoke that clouds your heat
And I have known some others
Half-naked in the unhappy truth
But all for the love of Michael
They were never as unhappy as you
All for the love of Michael

[Verse 4]
How she came to beg a moment
Crestfallen 'gainst the bar
Molding to the hope of finding
A coup-de-grace of heart
And I have known some others
Who would drink to abandon and dance
But all for the love of Michael
She won't have another chance
All for the love of Michael

[Verse 5]
And those who never learn from love
And fall the first time around
And lean the weight of innocence
On friends who drag them down
You could never cure him
So he has now cured you
There's nothing left of virtue
That time has not confused
All for the love of Michael
All for the love of Michael
All for the love of Michael