In This Twilight - Stephen Duffy

Piano plays into the night

The sun’s gone down now, dark enclosing hood

It’s goodbye friend, yes, I know

You would have loved me if only you could

I’ve so much time now, I walk alone

I visit streets I once called home

And since I left, I won’t go back

To exchange broken hearted feelings

For all the love I lack

In this twilight no one cares

The sun’s gone down on sad affairs

In this twilight no one cares

In this twilight no one cares

The sun’s gone down on sad affairs

In this twilight no one cares

She’ll write again soon, she swears

So alone and so it goes

A woe-bound express, nothing really shows

Piano plays but if I could choose

To keep apart a heart unbroken even if I lose

I’d hit the sack but the sack hits back

I bite the hand but the hand will slap

I’ll write you a letter, the phone won’t do

I never seem to come across

How I’ve wanted to

A little more time is all that’s needed

To stop us falling down, advice unheeded

Nursery, basements, big town houses

I’ll buy you a coat, myself some trousers

And if you say, «Stephen, when shall we marry?»

On Valentine’s Day in the back of a lorry

On Valentine’s Day in the back of a lorry

On Valentine’s Day, if I get my way

More than an honest day’s pay

On Valentine’s Day, if I get my way