Broadback, you're our fortified wall and all that

We'd hoped you could halt the attack

Broadback, they're well past fire and axe

God, keep the sanctum intact

Should they bludgeon your redwood thighs

And you are left to writhe

Your body's not something I can carry back

Don't ask me to let you die

Broadback, remember the name you carved in the pew?

You're always in use, my beautiful brute

Broadback, of course you're strong and all that

But what hope am I, should you collapse?

Should they bludgeon your redwood thighs

And you are left to writhe

Your body's not something I can carry back

And I don't want you to die

Don't want you to, don't want you to, don't want you to die

Don't want you to, don't want you to, don't want you to die

Bravery and dauntlessness say nothing of discretion

No matter what I do I won't get you to avoid a confrontation

Bravery and dauntlessness speak volumes less than caution

I won't be left alone with all your clothes and no reason to wash them

Don't want you to die

Don't want you to, don't want you to, don't want you to die

Don't want you to, don't want you to, don't want you to die

Don't want you to, don't want you to, don't want you to die

Don't want you to, don't want you to, don't want you to die

I'd make a horrid widower

You better come back alive