I don't know what you wanna hear Things changing course, smiles fade to grin Now the moment's gone, just as I feared And I was hoping, and I was hoping this time No longer here, we were feeling bliss Don't hold your tongue, there's no time for tricks You've been closing up, I expected this But I was hoping that you'd stay open this time I know it won't be long I know you're almost gone Hold on, let me in before the day is over Just let me in before the day is over Say something soon, we might lose it all Something we can use to break our fall There's nothing left to do when we start to stall And I was hoping that we could hold it this time I know it won't be long I know you're almost gone Hold on, let me in before the day is over Just let me in before the day is over Let me in, let me in Just let me in before the day is over I can't take another day I could go insane There's only so much I can take I can't live this way I can't take another day I could go insane There's only so much I can take I can't live this way (I know it won't be long) let me in, let me in (I know you're almost gone) just let me in before the day is over Let me in, let me in Just let me in before the day is over

I must have left my house at eight because I always do My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due I must have read the morning paper going into town And having gotten through the editorial, no doubt I must have frowned I must have made my desk Around a quarter after nine With letters to be read And heaps of papers waiting to be signed I must have gone to lunch At half past 12 or so The usual place, the usual bunch And still on top of this, I'm pretty sure it must have rained The day before you came I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two And at the time, I never even noticed I was blue I must have kept on dragging Through the business of the day Without really knowing anything I hid a part of me away At five, I must have left There's no exception to the rule A matter of routine I've done it ever since I finished school The train back home again Undoubtedly, I must have read the evening paper then Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual frame The day before you came I must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see I must have gone to bed Around a quarter after ten I need a lot of sleep And so I like to be in bed by then I must have read a while The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style It's funny, but I had no sense of living without aim The day before you came And turning out the light I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain The day before you came

I had all but given up on Finding the one that I could fall into On the day before you I was ready to settle for Less than love and not much more There was no such thing as a dream come true Oh, but that was all the day before you Now you're here and everything's changing Suddenly, life means so much I can't wait to wake up tomorrow And find out this promise is true I will never have to go back to The day before you In your eyes I see forever Makes me wish that my life never knew The day before you Oh, but heaven knows those years without you Was shaping my heart for the day that I found you If you're the reason for all that I've been through Then I'm thankful for the day before you Yeah yeah Now you're here and everything's changing Suddenly, life means so much I can't wait to wake up tomorrow And find out this promise is true I will never have to go back to The day before you Was the last day that I ever lived alone And I'm never going back No, I'm never going back Now you're here and everything's changing Suddenly, life means so much I can't wait to wake up tomorrow And find out this promise is true (no I'm never going back) I will never have to go back to Yeah, I would never have to go back to The day before you The day before you

No more trips to Grafton Street No more going there To see you lying still While we all come and go No more watching sunsets It seems like summer's holding on And no more standing quietly at your window No more driving down your road Wondering when you'll be home And no more peace when they all leave And leave us two alone And time we always lose is finally found here with you My love, I know we're losing but I will stand here by you No more calling friends from the car saying "I don't know when I'll be there but I'll do my best to come" No more letting you warm my hands No more trying to take it in And no more saying "goodbye for the last time again" And no more saying "goodbye for the last time again" And time we always lose is finally found here with you My love, I know you're leaving but I will stand here by you No more trips to Grafton Street No more going there No more sitting up all night Waiting for any word Nothing's left that's safe here now Nothing will bring you home Nothing can bring us the peace We had in Grafton Street