He loses himself in the boxscores
|
She can't decide what to wear
|
There will be no realization today
|
And she'll carry out her affair
|
She dreams frequent and vividly
|
He has no dreams at all
|
She describes them to him every mornin'
|
As he complains about the mileage of his car
|
They have no children to speak of
|
And don't own their colonial home
|
The color TV lulls one of them to sleep
|
While the other changes stations alone
|
|
Hand in hand I lost her hand and cried the tears
|
Lovers understand
|
|
They could not afford a real honeymoon
|
So they strolled hand in hand in the Square
|
She does the same with the guy at the office
|
He likes the color of her hair
|
He's quiet and tired a lot lately
|
He sets goals and doesn't follow through
|
He stares at her picture on the fireplace
|
And whispers a prayer to the room
|
|
"There are no mistakes," he says, shrugging off,
|
"We just did what we had to do
|
I don't think that I could get angry again
|
At least not like I did in my youth
|
Hand in hand I lost her hand and cried the tears
|
Lovers understand."
|
|
Sur le quai son mouchoir (On the platform, her hankerchief)
|
S'enfuit deja (already disappears)
|
Sous le jour qui s'allonge (in the day that stretches)
|
S'estompe a l'horizon (fades at the horizon)
|
|
-----------------
|
Lovers Understand
|
| Cherry Poppin' Daddies |