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Intro

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 In bed beside you with the curtains drawn

 For an hour at least I can pretend we're born

 To be together and fate alone is keeping me from you

 But there's a price we pay when we live a lie

 And you find it hard to meet my eye

 When you start to dress as we kiss goodbye

 And I know we're coming to

 The end of the affair

 The end of the affair

I could love you for eternity

 The fact remains you don't belong to me

  (The end of the affair)

 I could tell the story of my love for you

 With a detailed list of every rendez-vous

Discreet hotels we've checked into

How and when and where

 But a cold recital of the facts would miss

 The poetry, the way you kiss

 The sense of loss now as come to this

 The bitter sweet despair

 The end of the affair

 The end of the affair

I could love you for eternity

 The fact remains you don't belong to me

  (The end of the affair)

 Well I'm old enough to know right from wrong

 So I tell myself I should be strong

 In time I'll learn to get along

 Without you being near

 But I know I'm living when I'm by your side

 You're a rollercoaster, a fairground ride

 My conscience and desires collide

 Like rockets in midair

 The end of the affair

 The end of the affair

I could love you till the stars don't shine

 But I'm not yours and you're not mine

  (The end of the affair)

  Dmaj7sus2

It's o- ver, it's o ver, It's over

Solo

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 The end of the affair

 The end of the affair

I could love you for eternity

 The fact remains you don't belong to me

  (The end of the affair)

 The first few days are gonna drag real slow

 I'm gonna think I see you everywhere I go

 These are routine symptoms ex-lovers show

 The battle scars they share

 I already miss your worried smile

Guilty secrets weren't your style

 But you had me fooled for a little while

 That makes it hard to bear

 The end of the affair

 The end of the affair

I could love you till the stars don't shine

 But I'm not yours and you're not mine

  (The end of the affair)

  Dmaj7sus4

It's o- ver, it's o ver, It's over