This is the dinner prepared    This is the dress that I made    This is the child I brought up    And this is the woman you laid    This is the woman you laid       This is the perfume I wore    This is the hotel we stayed    This is the way that I lay    And this is the woman you laid    This is the woman you laid       We promise ourselves this is no one-night stand    Let us draw all the curtains and strike up the band    And I'm thrilled by gentlest touch of your hand we pretend       There's a tear, there's a tear    Not through confusion through fear, through fear       This is the smile that I wore    This is the song that we played    This is the way that I lay    And this is the woman you laid, this is the woman you laid       Next morning our eyes filled with sleepy regret    A kiss and goodbye and a long cigarette    But the pillow I lay on is cold and it's wet    Can't pretend       It's a tear, it's a tear    Not through confusion, through fear, through fear    And knowing at least that love came so near    Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed tear       Roll out the red carpets and unplug the phone    Root out the photos you've already shown    Cos this is one night you won't sleep alone    Just one night       There's a tear there's a tear    Not through confusion through fear, through fear    And knowing at least that love came so near    Just adds to the weight of this bell bottomed tear       There's a tear, there's a tear    Not through confusion, through fear    Not through confusion, through fear.