(Difford/Tilbrook)  



There she sits in an empty room   

The look on her face says it all  

A bruise appears round a crying eye   

As the tear drops sadly fall  

He knocked her over he hit her  

And told her she's stupid   

He's high as a kite once again  

She knows that tough love is needed   

To save the love of her friend  



There he sits in a freezing car   

She's in her bed in the warm  

The cold light of the morning sky   

Finds him cramped and looking worn  

He wanders inside on tiptoes  

And brews up some coffee   

He's shaking and sweating again  

She knows that tough love is needed   

To save the love of her friend  



They talk it over but it's not easy   

Sorting it out  

She cannot take it when he tells lies   

And sneaks off out of the room  

Returning like somebody's lost balloon  



Tea leaves sit in an empty cup   

No expression on his face  

The TV's showing commercials   

He's back in her arms again  

No more the drugs and the drinking   

Her heart can stop sinking   

Now that he's home once again  

She knows that tough love is needed   

To save the love of her friend  



They talked it over for hours and hours and hours   

‘Till everything sounded the same  

She knows it's tough love that she finds in her heart   

To dissolve the pain