(Intro: )
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(First Verse:)
Drawing back the curtains,
sluggish city daylight in the afternoon...
Here s that special silence,
just before you walk out of the hotel room.
Each time we re so close I assume
that we ll never be again -
(no chord)
oh, how long must we pretend
(Second Verse - same chords)
A casual affair is all that you can spare
from your emotional change;
A calendar of meetings,
strangers on the street
the best we ever arrange.
Now I just can t stand all the pain,
all the constant make and mend;
oh how long must we pretend
that we re just good friends?
I gave you my devotion,
hiding nothing up my sleeve -
If I walked clean out of your life
would you even notice me leave?
So much tangled-up emotion,
should I stay or should I go?
If I walked clean out of your life
how long would it take you to know?
(no chord)
Are we such good friends?
(On original release include the 4 lyric lines, on The Love Songs
play them Instrumentally - Same chords)
You used to say I love you ,
you used to say You make me feel alive and young ;
now we re just a habit, a flavour, one a month,
to titillate your tongue.
How sordid this has become
as the means approach the end -
Oh, how long can we pretend
I gave you my devotion,
hiding nothing up my sleeve -
(add choir...
If I walked clean out of your life
would you even notice me leave
So much tangled-up emotion,
should I stay or should I go?
If I walked clean out of your life
(?)
how long would it take you to know?
If I walked clean out of you life
how long would it take you to know
(no chord)
Are we such good friends?