I couldn't hear him at all you see
 He was down the road away from me
 How could I know his answer?
 I couldn't hear him 'though he shouted hard
 I couldn't hear him in my own backyard
 The trains were rattling by above
 He never mentioned love

 He may have held my hand
 When we were walking down the street
 He talked about all kinds of things
 But none of them were him and me
 He looked into my eyes
 Just as an airplane roared above
 Said something about football
 But he never mentioned love

 I never heard him all the times he yelled
 I never heard him if he tried to tell me
 If my memory serves me well
 He never mentioned love
 I never hurt him 'though he says I did
 I never hurt him but I die a bit
 Each time he passes on the street
 He never mentions love

 I used to call him every night
 And pray that he was home
 I couldn't bear the feeling
 I might have to live my life alone
 But now my phone is off the hook
 The word came from above
 It told me I was wasting time
 If he never mentioned love

 I never heard him if he said he cared
 I never heard him, I kept my claws bared
 I never heard the things he says he said
 He never mentioned he was scared
 I never heard him when he asked of love
 I never heard him as the skies above
 Chucked buckets on the both of us
 He never mentioned love

 So if I seem hardhearted
 I would like the court to note
 He never mentioned love to me
 In anything he wrote
 And if I seem coldblooded
 I should like to tell the judge
 In all the time I knew this man
 He never spoke of love
 (or if he did)

 I never heard him when he called to me
 I never heard him at all you see
 He was down the line away from me
 He never mentioned L.U.V.
 I never hurt him 'though he says I did
 I never hurt him I just die a bit
 Each time we meet upon the street
 We never mention love