Drawing back the curtains
Sluggish city daylight in the afternoon
Here's that special silence
Just before you walk out of the hotel room
Each time we're so close I assume
That we'll never be again
Oh how long can we pretend
That we're just good friends
A casual affair is all that you can spare
From your emotional change
A calendar of meetings strangers on the street
The best we ever arrange
Now I just can't stand all the pain
All the constant make and mend
How long must we pretend
That we're just good friends
I gave you my devotion
Hiding nothing up my sleeve
If I walked clean out of your life
Would you even notice me leave
So much tangled-up emotion
Should I stay or should I go
If I walked clean out of your life
How long would it take you to know
Are we such good friends
You used to say I love you
You used to say You make me feel alive and young
Now we're just a habit
A flavour once a month to titillate your tongue
Oh how sordid this has become
As the means approach the end
Oh how long can we pretend
That we're still good friends
I gave you my devotion
Hiding nothing up my sleeve
If I walked clean out of your life
Would you even notice me leave
So much tangled-up emotion
Should I stay or should I go
If I walked clean out of your life
How long would it take you to know
Are we such good friends
Are we still good friends