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 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