Day after day had passed Shadows cast Of long forgotten things That I had failed to do Passing through Nameless places Then I heard you speak I held my breath and turned Saw you, and heard you say to me "Have you a cigarette?" So we met, and love was something real and not a word And there were times she took my breath away She gave me thoughts to think and words to say We were so happy then Life began When all at once Her eyes grew cold She spoke to me Laughed at me Telling me That I was just a joke She doesn't want me now Tells me how All she ever wanted was to see me cry And now I'm all alone, I know she's satisfied Now when she leaves she'll take my life away And so the curtain falls and ends the play She'll take my life away She'll take my life away