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.