well the first time that i saw her

standing in the middle of the road

eyes as bright as christmas lights

wearing someone else's clothes

i did my best to ignore her

but ignoring my best pretty soon

we spent the night all tangled tight

in an armchair in my friends front room



i said darling you know

darling you know i can't stay

cos i've given my heart and my word to a girl far away

i felt weak as she kissed my cheek

and sighed when i heard her say

never knew i could get my heart broken in less than a day



oh and the next time that i saw her

must have been a year or more

face stained with mascara

shivering outside my door

i did my best to assure her

but assurance isn't easy to give

if you've never been sure of anything much

and get less so the longer you live



she said darling you know

darling you know i can't stay

cos i've given my heart and my word to a boy far away

i spoke soft and pretended to cough

like i didn't care either way

never knew i could get my heart broken in so many ways



and the last time i saw her

standing in the pouring rain

hair a little shorter

but everything else looked the same

i could've told her that i adored her

she could've said she felt the same way

but we just smiled cos sometimes words

aren't the right words to say

we just smiled cos sometimes words

aren't the right words to say