Well you were falling down a mountain, head first into harm's way
Swan dived into a fountain, by just an inch you hit the runway
You were laying there half dead, alone and black and blue
I never turned my back on you

You were lost deep in a diamond mine, somewhere off the gold coast
You got a tip on a venture, from a broker who was richer than most
You got stuck in the elevator with the ghost of Howard Hughes
I never turned my back on you

You were sinking on your daddy's yacht in the eye of hurricane Marie
You had a death grip on the Bible as the waves swept your crew into the sea
As the coastguard flew down lasso'd a rope 'round your shoe
I never turned my back on you

You were drinkin' some old wine with the dutchess and ambassador
The taste was hauntingly familiar, but one you'd never tasted before
As the duchess fell dead and the poison hit you, too
I never turned my back on you

You were cashing your paycheck at the bank, when the robbers busted in
They killed everyone around you, but somehow they let you live
And when they needed a hostage for the local news
I never turned my back on you

You were framed for a crime, sentenced to do a dime in jail
The system caught the perpetrator, spit you out like Jonah from the whale
But society had changed, somehow you had changed, too
I never turned my back on you