I am not afraid of you
Look at me you’ll see it’s true
You are broken falling down
And now you’re nothing, nothing
This time I want it too much
I just needed time to dust myself off
I can see much further than you
Enough to keep on trying
After the fall
I’ve wated time and energy
On your foolish pride you see
You will find in time from me
That you are nothing, nothing
In an anonymous rendezvous
Where the forbidden lovers repair
They’re burning down another damn candle
They’re melting the tables and chairs
Beneath them applause from the balcony
Whenever they accomplished making love
Other times they thought they heard laughter
Coming from the balcony above
Chorus
She lies to his right and she carelessly recites
All of her brand new appetites
She seems brittle and small, it don’t sound like her at all
Since she came back to him after the fall
She said "you never visit the countryside"
"so i’ve made you a country to order"
She put up a little tent in the bedroom
Crickets played on a tape-recorder
The ceiling was festooned with phosphorous stars
She noticed his skin turning cold
Burning all his clothes on the bonfire
"relax" she whispered and tightened the blindfold
Chorus
You’ve changed but not for the better babe
I’d tell you why but what’s the use
‘cos it’s the same kind of pity
A drunkard gives as his excuse
You were sharp and ideal as a bobby pin
Now your eyes are deserted and quiet
We both look like those poor shattered mannequins
Thrown through the window in the riot
She lies in his arms and without any qualms
Revels in shallow delights
She seems brittle and small, it don’t sound like her at all
Since she came back to him after the fall
So now love is gone
I can’t t go on, love is gone
I want to say
Now it’s just too late
Waited far too long
Should have told you then i knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn’t come out right
So i’ll tell you
Straight from my heart
You meant more to me
Than i let you see
You held on somehow
All your tenderness
And your sweet caress
I miss you now
Buy a headstrong stubborn man
Only works it out the best he can
Valentines he never sent
There’s not enough time
He’s a workin’ man
Can’t stop fallin’
Heartaches callin’
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners
What’s left after you fall
No not much no
Oh i say love is gone
I can’t go on
Now love is gone
I want to say
But it’s just too late
Waited far too long
Should have told you then i knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn’t come out right
So i’ll tell you
Straight from my heart
(chorus)
No no not much
After the fall
After you fall
After you fall
So now love is gone
I can’t t go on, love is gone
I want to say
Now it’s just too late
Waited far too long
Should have told you then i knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn’t come out right
So i’ll tell you
Straight from my heart
You meant more to me
Than i let you see
You held on somehow
All your tenderness
And your sweet caress
I miss you now
Buy a headstrong stubborn man
Only works it out the best he can
Valentines he never sent
There’s not enough time
He’s a workin’ man
Can’t stop fallin’
Heartaches callin’
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners
What’s left after you fall
No not much no
Oh i say love is gone
I can’t go on
Now love is gone
I want to say
But it’s just too late
Waited far too long
Should have told you then i knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn’t come out right
So i’ll tell you
Straight from my heart
(chorus)
No no not much
After the fall
After you fall
After you fall
So now love is gone
I can’t t go on, love is gone
I want to say
Now it’s just too late
Waited far too long
Should have told you then i knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn’t come out right
So i’ll tell you
Straight from my heart
You meant more to me
Than i let you see
You held on somehow
All your tenderness
And your sweet caress
I miss you now
Buy a headstrong stubborn man
Only works it out the best he can
Valentines he never sent
There’s not enough time
He’s a workin’ man
Can’t stop fallin’
Heartaches callin’
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners
What’s left after you fall
No not much no
Oh i say love is gone
I can’t go on
Now love is gone
I want to say
But it’s just too late
Waited far too long
Should have told you then i knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn’t come out right
So i’ll tell you
Straight from my heart
(chorus)
No no not much
After the fall
After you fall
After you fall
So now love is gone
I can’t t go on, love is gone
I want to say
Now it’s just too late
Waited far too long
Should have told you then i knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn’t come out right
So i’ll tell you
Straight from my heart
You meant more to me
Than i let you see
You held on somehow
All your tenderness
And your sweet caress
I miss you now
Buy a headstrong stubborn man
Only works it out the best he can
Valentines he never sent
There’s not enough time
He’s a workin’ man
Can’t stop fallin’
Heartaches callin’
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners
What’s left after you fall
No not much no
Oh i say love is gone
I can’t go on
Now love is gone
I want to say
But it’s just too late
Waited far too long
Should have told you then i knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn’t come out right
So i’ll tell you
Straight from my heart
(chorus)
No no not much
After the fall
After you fall
After you fall
