Long Term Lovers of Pain - Hue & Cry

The letters that he wrote to her were shallow and regrettable

His motorcycle injuries won’t make him unforgettable

He’s like a firework display that’s been doused in her rain

But the only lovers worth a damn

Are the long term lovers of pain

He’s made plans for plastic surgeons to be standing by their phones

Upon her preference she can rearrange the structure his bones

He knows he’s for the sewer when her laughter’s like a drain

But the only lovers worth a damn

Are the long term lovers of pain

She would find him at her elbow buying parma ham and cheese

And she knew her scant encouragement would bring him to his knees

She resented these new powers — felt his passion pulled her reins

But the only lovers worth a damn

Are the long term lovers of pain

So they went down to the Barrowlands.

aesthetics on display

And the kitchen floor was voted down for a mattress full of hay

Those stupid Cupid-theories they now blissfully disdained

'Cause the only lovers worth a damn

Are the ones who can kiss in the rain

'Cause the only lovers worth a damn

Are the ones who can never ever be blamed

Beware of the long term lovers of pain…

Plastic surgeons — do be standing by your phones

'Cause that ice-cold lady wants to rearrange my bones…