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the end of the affair
In bed beside you with the curtains drawn For an hour at least I can pretend we're born To be together and fate alone is keeping me from you But there's a price we pay when we live a lie And you find it hard to meet my eye When you start to dress as we kiss goodbye And I know we're coming to The end of the affair The end of the affair I could love you for eternity The fact remains you don't belong to me (The end of the affair) I could tell the story of my love for you With a detailed list of every rendez-vous Discreet hotels we've checked into How and when and where But a cold recital of the facts would miss The poetry, the way you kiss The sense of loss now as come to this The bitter sweet despair The end of the affair The end of the affair I could love you for eternity But the fact remains you don't belong to me (The end of the affair) Well I'm old enough to know right from wrong So I tell myself I should be strong In time I'll learn to get along Without you being near But I know I'm living when I'm by your side You're a rollercoaster, a fairground ride My conscience and desires collide Like rockets in midair The end of the affair The end of the affair I could love you till the stars don't shine But I'm not yours and you're not mine (The end of the affair) It's over, it's over, it's over The end of the affair The end of the affair I could love you for eternity The fact remains you don't belong to me (The end of the affair) The first few days are gonna drag real slow I'm gonna think I see you everywhere I go These are routine symptoms ex-lovers show The battle scars they share I already miss your worried smile Guilty secrets weren't your style But you had me fooled for a little while That makes it hard to bear The end of the affair The end of the affair Now I could love you till the stars don't shine But I'm not yours and you're not mine (The end of the affair) It's over, (it's over), it's ove