[Verse 1]
We met down in the valley where the wine of love and destruction flows
There in that curve of darkness where the flowers of temptation grow
I left the rest for the others, it was you and nothing else
You felt so good to me, baby, as good as life itself

[Chorus]
You were life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in the black elms
Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes
I can't make it without you

[Verse 2]
I knew you were in trouble, and anyone could tell
You carried your little black book from which all your secrets fell
You squandered all your riches, your, your beauty and your wealth
Like you had no further use for, for life itself

[Chorus]
You were life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in the black elms
Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes
I can't make it without you

[Guitar solo]
[Verse 3]
Why do the things that we treasure most slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf and to God's beauty blind?
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our hearts?

[Chorus]
And to life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in the black elms
Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes
I can't make it without you
So here's one for the road, here's one to your health

[Chorus]
And to life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in the black elms
Life itself, in your heart and in your eyes
I can't make it without you

Life itself, life itself, life itself, life itself…