I wish the words would fail me just for once   (Just once)   Keep in incommunicado   (You don't say a word)   Look for the present tense and come to my senses   (Come pick me up)   Just like a desperado   (Ado)      I talked for twenty minutes   By the time the party ended, you'd forgotten   I'm still thinking about it   Five years later      You spoke an unfamiliar dialect   (Comme ca?)   Two and a half months over   (Over)   Next think, I knew someone had called for the check   (Check please)   And you were gone before I turned it over      I dreamed we were alone all night   In a house made out of beds   And nothing happened   I think about it every time I see you   That's when I try to remember   There were never any terms we could agree to      Now can I please have a moment of your time?   (Can I please have a moment of your time?)   For I have the strength to change my mind   (Read my mind)