Peter Hammill - Just Good Friends Lyrics
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 assumethat we'll never be again -oh, how long can we pretendthat we're just good friends?A casual affair is all that you can sparefrom your emotional change;A calendar of meetings,strangers on the streetthe best we ever arrange.Now I just can't stand all the pain,all the constant make and mend;how long must we pretendthat we're just good friends?I gave you my devotion,hiding nothing up my sleeve -If I walked clean out of your lifewould you even notice me leave?So much tangled-up emotion,should I stay or should I go?If I walked clean out of your lifehow long would it take you know?Are we such good friends?You used to say 'I love you',you used to say 'You make mefeel alive and young';now we're just a habit, a flavour,one a month,to titillate your tongue.How sordid this has becomeas the means approach the end -Oh, how long can we pretendthat we're still good friends
