I've been trying so long to get you out of mind   I've been trying so hard to get you out of my eyes   I've been drinking your words every night   I've been drinking my dreams dry      I've spent sixteen months trying to forget you   Then a black-and-white film plays in my mind   Where we broke for the border in an open-top sportscar   And married, in a town much like mine   And we promised ourselves such implausible things   Told each other our impossible dreams   And you know   Love is easy in my movie show      Oh, I want to forget you   Oh, I want to forget you      Then I flashback      Flashback to a time of stolen memories   We are tied by our lies, we are tied by history      And so we're handcuffed together, like it or not   And drinking our dreams is all that we've got   And the barman just smiles   Oh god, he's seen it all before      Oh, I want to forget you   Oh, I want to forget you   Oh, I can never forget you      I can never forget      I spent sixteen months trying to forget you   Then a black-and-white film plays in my mind   Where we broke for the border in an open-top sportscar   And married, in a town much like mine   And so we're handcuffed together, like it or not   And drinking our dreams is all that we've got   And the barman just smiles   Oh god, he's seen it all before      Oh, I want to forget you   Oh, I want to forget you   Oh, I want to forget you   Oh, I can never forget you