G# This is the dinner prepared G#maj7 This is the dress that I made G#7 This is the child I brought up F7 A#m And this is the woman you laid C# G# This is the woman you laid G# This is the perfume I wore G#maj7 This is the hotel we stayed G#7 This is the way that I lay F7 A#m And this is the woman you laid C# G# This is the woman you laid D# Cm E We promised ourselves this is no one-night stand D# Cm E Let us draw all the curtains and strike up the band D# Cm E And Iʼm thrilled by the gentlest touch of your hand D#7 We pretend G# G#maj7 Thereʼs a tear, thereʼs a tear G#7 F7 A#m C#m G# Not through confusion through fear, through fear G# This is the smile that I wore G#maj7 This is the song that we played G#7 This is the way that I lay F7 A#m And this is the woman you laid C# G# This is the woman you laid D# Cm E Next morning our eyes filled with sleepy regret D# Cm E A kiss and good-bye and a long cigarette D# Cm E But the pillow I lay on is cold and itʼs wet D#7 Canʼt pretend G# G#maj7 Itʼs a tear, itʼs a tear G#7 F7 A#m C#m G# Not through confusion through fear, through fear D#m G# B And knowing at least that love came so near D#m C# G# Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed tear G#maj7 G#7 F7 A#m C#m G# D# Cm E Roll out the red carpets and unplug the phone D# Cm E Root out the photos youʼve already shown D# Cm E ʼCos this one night you wonʼt sleep alone D#7 Just one night G# G#maj7 Itʼs a tear, itʼs a tear G#7 F7 A#m C#m G# Not through confusion through fear, through fear D#m G# B And knowing at least that love came so near D#m C# G# Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed tear G#maj7 G#7 F7 A#m C#m G# G# G#maj7 Thereʼs a tear, thereʼs a tear G#7 F7 A#m C#m G# Not through confusion through fear, through fear G#7 F7 A#m C#m G# Not through confusion through fear, through fear
