It's a game At times quite realistic But a game all the same Somebody wins and somebody loses It all depends on whoever choses To take it most seriously
But none of this matters to you babe This little pantomime of mine Would only bore you You don't know if I'm Only going through the motions To make it easier for you babe When you decide it's over
It's a play Not written very well But it's a play anyway Someones a hero and someones the villain It all depends on whoever's willing To give themselves unselfishly
But none of this matters to you babe This little pantomime of mine Would only bore you For you don't know if I'm Only going through the motions To make it easier for you babe When you decide it's over
We walk the laughing way Pretending not to feel Pretending it's not real And we don't matter either way
At least that's what I say To give you no excuse To tremble us before you need to To make sure when you do You won't know that I need you
It's a show Not always entertaining But a show even so Someone's a star and someone's a stand-in Some have their handouts, some have their hand-ins And some people need both hands free
But none of this matters to you babe This little pantomime of mine Would only bore you You don't know if I'm Only going through the motions To make it easier for you babe When you decide it's over I'm gonna try to make it Easier for you baby When you decide it's all over
[Spoken] If I could say a gentle word To make the inevitable passing of our love seem a little less final Knowing that the heart can't help growing colder If I could bear the pain and bitterness of our last goodbye And let you remember the first sweet hello It would make it all worthwhile for me
If I could just Make it easier for you babe I wanna make it easier for you Yes I do
So you can just tell everybody everywhere I'm gonna try to make it easier for you I ain't gonna shed some tears baby, no no When you walk through that door I ain't gonna cry, no no I'm gonna make it easier for you