I've been hanging round for days   still confused about the way you came   Take the portraits from the wall   take them down and burn them all   I know what I've become      By the marks upon their arms   there was nothing that they lacked in charm   But now I've got to choose   who from you is gonna lose   and who is going through      By the stories that were told   I decided to reject the bold   embrace the cowardly and the weak   we had laughs that lasted weeks   they're inside and I sing here      Now I would swear this life is you   You've been around since we were twenty two   but now you've got the rush   when you're cold and when you're touched   I know things don't mean much         'Cause we don't know we're strong enough   and chances come too soon   But people, people, we're not in love   and now we're singing out of tune      Just go out and get it straight   There are questions here that just can't wait   Leave romantics to their spite   leave the footballs to their pints   alternatives we'll find      But there's nothing we can find   while our lives are plush and kind of fine   So we'll all call it a day   people follow in our wake   a nothing's hall of fame      'Cause we don't know we're strong enough   and chances come too soon   But people, people, we're not in love   and now we're singing out of tune      Come on babies, find a vein   Roll your sleeves up, find your arms insane   Walking out in little lines   down the corridors of life   and on to what you'll find      Out the door and down the street   over fences glens and ditches deep   And who from us is gonna choose   who will win and who will lose?   I know it won't be me      'Cause we don't know we're strong enough   and chances come too soon   But people, people, we're not in love   and now we're singing out of tune      'Cause we don't know we're strong enough   and chances come too soon   But people, people, we're not in love   and now we're singing out of tune