Cover art for Face to Face (A Paper Regret) by Labi Siffre

Face to Face (A Paper Regret)

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Face to Face (A Paper Regret) Lyrics

The bed moved her heart
Never left the mark
Her passion, her spark
Figments of the dark
Playing the game
Losing the fight
Loyalty can't replace delight
How will it be?

Face to face
Or by telephone
In any case
She's not coming home
The customary note on the kitchen dinette
The sound of her voice I know
Paper Regret

Disaster
She appears on nationwide TV
Our love lives bleeding
They're in hostile territory
No body found
Nobody pledged
Nobody bothered when she begged...
How will it be?
Face to face
Or by telephone
In any case
She's not coming home
The customary note on the kitchen dinette
The sound of her voice I know
Paper Regret

A change in the whether to go or to stay
Lying "I love you"
Get in the way
From hero to zero
She watched him deflate
Faithful she managed
To learn how to fake

The bed moved her heart
Never left the mark
Her passion, another spark
Figments of the dark
Yes love is blind
And that was alright
Tragic when time restored her sight
How will it be?

Face to face
Or by telephone
In any case
She's not coming home
The customary note on the kitchen dinette
The sound of her voice I know
Paper Regret
Face to face
Face to face

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1998
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