Does it take a wrongdoer to show you’re doing wrong?
Of his intentions were you aware and if so, for how long?
I don’t know his face, I don’t really care
Yet I must leave this place, I’m in terminal despair

And now you’ve eloped with your alimony
Do you think that you might have the decency
To confess everything to me finally?
I won’t take anything less

Do you think you’ve disappeared, that you can’t be found
From the people you’ve upset, you loved to be around
You’ll abort and set sail, for the Emerald Isle
All you’ve ever done is fail in your customary style

And now you’ve eloped with your alimony
Do you think that you might have the decency
To confess everything to me finally?
I won’t take anything less

I’m glad that you’ve left me
But there’s the small matter of your theft from me
You’ve taken more than you’re due
Despite my pleading with you

Why the need to crush me, if the right person you’ve met?
Why the need to rush me, it’s not like I could forget?
I’ll wager he quits you, just like every man before
It’s not like I wanted to, I just couldn’t take any more

And now you’ve eloped with your alimony
Do you think that you might have the decency
To confess everything to me finally?
I won’t take anything less