[Verse 1] I arose and marigold lay down with curious iris Cherry gave to victor her prudence and her virus For the sake of purity i can recall the time and place Between wisdom and murder she gave up her immaculate face [Chorus] My poor belated chastity fell foul of grown up games With false and lovely modesty I can recall the names i’ll miss In the particle of me that cares for this I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss [Instrumental] / / / / [Verse 2] Patience has her virtue still but every grace must have its price I through some felicity may spin a tale of constant vice I took my better nature out drowned it in the babbling stream Took the blossom of my youth and blew it all to smithereens [Chorus] My poor belated chastity fell foul of grown up games With false and lovely modesty I can recall the names i’ll miss In the particle of me that cares for this I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss [Instrumental] / / / / [Verse 3] And if you still don’t like my song then you can just go to hell I don’t care if i’m right or wrong or if my typewriter can spell But i cannot promise you i’ve said "goodbye" to childish things There’s still some pretty insults left and such sport in threatening [Chorus] My poor belated chastity fell foul of grown up games With false and lovely modesty I can recall the names i’ll miss In the particle of me that cares for this I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss [Instrumental] / / [Outro] And for the sake of clarity They are "faith" "hope" and "charity" In the particle of me that cares for this I betrayed those little atoms with a kiss Until fade