My Apologies

I fell in love with a woman who thought everything I told her was a lie
  
Though I only ever told her the truth, still it made her cry  
   
I said, "You're making me sad. Let me apologize, don't cry please."  
   
She said, "You have to get your feelings out." So her tears were more like a sneeze.  
   
I apologized again, but she said, "Don't constantly say you're sorry, using your apologies as a crutch.  
   
Because one day something will happen and you'll be sorry, but your apology won't mean as much."  
   
I earned a reputation as a lowdown scoundrel and a double-crossing dirty rat.  
   
We drifted apart, but I still love her even though I don't mean as much now to her  
 
. . . and I am truly sorry about that.