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

There´s a tear, there´s a tear
Not through confusion, through fear
Not through confusion, through fear