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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Beautiful South
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Heaton
Composer
Dave Rotheray
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jon Kelly
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
We promised 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
[Verse 4]
There's a tear, there's a tear
Not through confusion, through fear, through fear
[Verse 5]
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
[Verse 6]
Next mornin' 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
[Verse 7]
It's a tear (It's a tear) it's a tear (It's a tear)
Not through confusion, through fear, through fear
[Verse 8]
And knowing at least that love came so near
Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed tear
[Verse 9]
Roll out the red carpets and unplug the phone
Root out the photos you've already shown
'Cause this is one night you won't sleep alone
Just one night
[Verse 10]
There's a tear (There's a tear) there's a tear (There's a tear)
Not through confusion, through fear, through fear
[Verse 11]
And knowing at least that love came so near
Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed tear
[Verse 12]
There's a tear, there's a tear
Not through confusion, through fear
Not through confusion, through fear
Written by: Dave Rotheray, Paul Heaton