Can't depend on love

I spent most of my life outside in the driving rain.
I was only trying to get my with some of life's amenities, well nothing's free.
I got more than I bargained for, now it's plain to see: I can't depend on love to defend me.

It took most of my time to do what never was done.
I was on the outside of an inside kind of love that now is gone, come right or wrong.
It was laid to rest that way, I hate to be unkind. Pretending is for strangers who don't know you.

I spent most of my life outside in the driving rain.
I was in some one-horse town just waiting for a plane to take me back. Now, where's that at?
I paid the price, well ain't that nice, knowing I'm so free. I can't depend on love to defend me.
I got more than I bargained for, now it's plain to see: I can't depend on love to defend me.