If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It - Live, 1981

Nothing that's forced can ever be right
 If it doesn't come naturally, leave it
 That's what she said as she turned out the light
 And we bent our backs as slaves of the night
 She lowered her guard and showed me the scars
 She got from trying to fight
 Saying, "Oh, you'd better believe it"
 Well, I'm up to my neck in the crumbling wreckage
 Of all that I wanted from life
 When I looked for respect all I got was neglect
 Though I swallowed the line as a sign of the times
 But dealing a jack from the back of the pack
 They said, "You lose again"
 Oh, I said, "Who needs it?"
 Well, don't get me wrong, now I tried to get on
 With the jokers that got in my way
 And I put on a smile
 And I tried all the while to be straight
 But they just wanted more all the time and I'm sure
 That you know what I mean when I say
 That I'm sick of the touch
 And there's only so much you can take
 Well, nothing that's real is ever for free
 And you just have to pay for it sometime
 She said it before, she said it to me
 I suppose she believed there was nothing to see
 But the same old four imaginary walls
 She built for living inside
 I said "Oh, you just can't mean it"
 Well, there was never a doubt that she had to get out
 She was just looking around for a way
 In the pit of the night
 There was nowhere to hide any more
 She was out on a limb, she was reaching for things
 That she wanted but just couldn't say
 And she had to be sure
 That she wouldn't get caught like before
 Well, nothing that's forced can ever be right
 If it doesn't come naturally, leave it
 That's what she said as she turned out the light
 And she may have been wrong and she may have been right
 But I woke with the frost and noticed she'd lost
 The veil that covered her eyes
 I said, "Oh, you can leave it"