#2153

Release: March 30, 1992

Lyrics:

… This is the dinner prepared

This is the dress that I made

This is the child I brought up

And this is the woman you laid

This is the woman you laid

… This is the perfume I wore

This is the hotel we stayed

This is the way that I lay

And this is the woman you laid

This is the woman you laid

… We promise ourselves this is no one-night stand

Let us draw all the curtains and strike up the band

And I'm thrilled by the gentlest touch of your hand we pretend

… There's a tear, there's a tear

Not through confusion through fear,

through fear

… This is the smile that I wore

This is the song that we played

This is the way that I lay

And this is the woman you laid

This is the woman you laid

… Next morning our eyes filled with sleepy regret

A kiss and goodbye and a long cigarette

But the pillow I lay on is cold and it's wet

Can't pretend

… It's a tear, it's a tear

Not through confusion, through fear, through fear

… And knowing at least that love came so near

Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed tear

… Roll out the red carpets and unplug the phone

Root out the photos you've already shown

Cos this is one night you won't sleep alone

Just one night

… There's a tear there's a tear

Not through confusion through fear, through fear

… And knowing at least that love came so near

Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed tear

Songwriter:

… There's a tear, there's a tear

Not through confusion, through fear

Not through confusion, through fear

Paul Heaton / Dave Rotheray

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