From dawn to dusk When the day has torn its craters from your Wanderlust And the needle's cut a groove to which it can't adjust In spite of us And fire burns like ice now If it's cold enough Silver shines like gold until it's Obvious That it's not We tried in vain awash with fake abandon Romantic as a glitterball Of all the fantasies affected Just came and went and left me cold Sentimental songs We all sing along Sawn to dust Now friendship serves a purpose Like a tablecloth That's frayed around the edges but it's Good enough To the uninvited few And all the starings of love surrender Were wasted on me long ago Of all the fallacies created After all there's only one Sentimental song And we all sing along We all sing along We all sing along (La la la...)