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Love Isn't Gonna Come Again

(lyrics by Andy Brettell)

marooned here in my fortieth year
with very little left to cheer
I view the chaos that's my life
jumbles of boredom, jungles of strife
they say this island can't be reached
that my defences can't be breached
they say I build my walls too high
that my balloon's not going to fly
their message rings out loud and plain

love isn't gonna come again
love isn't gonna come again
love isn't gonna come again

existing in my bedsit room
that rhymes with womb and ends in tomb
I look back on the roads I've walked
and recollect the prey I've stalked
the storm outside seems like a friend
in just one hour the day will end
I waste each minute crawling past
predict how long my life will last
then hear it whispered in the rain

love isn't gonna come again
love isn't gonna come again
love isn't gonna come again

love doesn't always come too easy
love doesn't always stay too long
but love will always give the greatest pain
when you know that it won't come again

perhaps someone will bring me hope
perhaps that's thinking like a dope
the cards I have don't read too well
the goods I have don't seem to sell
but still I strive from day to day
to cast the co-star in my play
I try when someone comes along
to make a duet of my song
till discord leads to this refrain

love isn't gonna come again
love isn't gonna come again
love isn't gonna come again

(lyrics Andy Brettell )

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