While you're walking away,
I will try to get through,
but you've gotta know the lies,
from the lies they told you,
if you try to do it all,
it all will leave you,
if you try to steal the beat,
the beat will steal you 
When first we laid eyes I swore to no compromise
Until I felt my caress on your skin
Well how soon we were betrayed,
your sister gave us away
and your father came all unhinged
So wait for the stone on your window, your window
Wait by the car and we'll go, we'll go 
A permanent malaise prevented us from hiding our fortunes,
So we left them bare for all the natives to see.
One of two things we could've had but never did.
If only summer rain would fall
on the houses and the boulevards
and the side walk bagatelles it's like a dream
with the roar of cars
and the lulling of the cafe bars,
the sweetly sleeping sweeping of the Seine.
Lord I don't know if I'll ever be back again. 
You wore the same shirt that you wore last week,
Should I shake your hand or kiss your cheek?
Convince you it's not lust, it's chemistry
and we'll remember this when we are old and ancient
though the specifics might be vague
and i'll say your camisole was sprightly light magenta
when in fact it was a nappy blueish grey 
And you're walking away,
oh, where to go to?
and you're walking alone,
oh, how to get through?
if you want to get it all,
you can own what you choose,
but you want to live a lie,
and love what you lose 
Now you're all gone got your make-up on and you're not coming back.
Can't you come back?
Used to be one of the rotten ones and I liked you for that.
Now you're all gone got your make-up on and you're not coming back.
Bleaching your teeth, smiling flash, talking trash, under your breath.
 Park that car, drop that phone. dream about me 
Leave our love life at the door,
What's in store?
We don't know just yet,
And that is why when we get together,
There's no need to be clever.
 No need to be uncalm,
We'll leave it by the phone,
A message you can swallow,
A letter to sign,
No need to be alarmed,
We'll leave this all alone,
And all the guilt will follow you in a line.
and try one, and try two
guess it always comes down to
all right, okay, guess it's better to turn this way
but i won, so you lose
guess it always comes down to
alright, it's okay, guess it's better to turn this way
Is it too late to tell you that I don't mind?
And you won't make a sound or be nervous around piles of pictures,
So old that that it feels like it is ending.
It's not too late now to change your mind,
The grass gets greener when you get to the finish line.
And I've been saying later lately,
So I'll colour a map,
I'll lead you to the mountains we'll meet,
It's almost a trap
and we both had some fun, though I twice bit my tongue
and it lasted too long for my taste
and there's this nagging suspicion that won't leave me alone tonight
its just that everything I try to do, nothing seems to turn out right
A wink and a wave and your off to your family's
I sit and watch as the taxis lights distantly fade
I guess I always thought it'd end this way 
You let me down lightly,
I killed you politely
 You look good
but you sound better
you were the best I had
If you always get up late
You'll never be on time
If you always get up late
You're never gonna be on time
And that's a shame
Cause I like you
I never see you.
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