Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
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...

[Pre-Chorus 1]
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 the gentlest touch of your hand
We pretend...

[Chorus 1]
There's a tear, there's a tear
Not through confusion through fear, through fear

[Verse 2]
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...

[Pre-Chorus 2]
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...

[Chorus 2]
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

[Bridge]
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...

[Chorus 2]

[Outro]
There's a tear, there's a tear
Not through confusion, through fear

Not through confusion, through fear...