Drawing back the curtains
Sluggish city daylight in the afternoon
Here's that special silence
Just before you walk out of the hotel room

Each time we're so close I assume
That we'll never be again
Oh, how long can we pretend
That we're just good friends?

A casual affair is all that you can spare
From your emotional change
A calendar of meetings, strangers on the street
The best we ever arrange

Now I just can't stand all the pain
All the constant make and mend
How long must we pretend
That we're just good friends?

I gave you my devotion
Hiding nothing up my sleeve
If I walked clean out of your life
Would you even notice me leave?
So much tangled-up emotion

Should I stay or should I go?
If I walked clean out of your life
How long would it take you to know?
Are we such good friends?

You used to say: I love you
You used to say: You make me feel alive and young
Now we're just a habit
A flavour, once a month, to titillate your tongue

Oh, how sordid this has become
As the means approach the end
Oh, how long can we pretend
That we're still good friends?

I gave you my devotion
Hiding nothing up my sleeve
If I walked clean out of your life
Would you even notice me leave?
So much tangled-up emotion

Should I stay or should I go?
If I walked clean out of your life
How long would it take you to know?
Are we such good friends?

Are we still good friends?