By Paul Heaton, David Rotheray (beautiful South)
Submitted by wordley
Date: 2002 Apr 15
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Bell Bottomed Tear

(Sung by jacqueline Abbott)

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 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
            And this is the woman you laid

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

         There's a tear, there's a tear
Not through confusion, through fear, through fear

This is the smile that I wore this the song that we played
This is the way that I lay  This is the woman you laid
             This the woman you laid

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

          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

Roll out the red carpets and unplug the 'phone
Root out the photos you've already shown
'Cos this is one night you wont sleep alone
            Just one night

        There's a tear, there'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

        There's a tear, there's a tear
Not through confusion, through fear
Not through confusion, through fear