Broken Record

This opus that we leave behind

Heart-rend, heart-mend set to verse

Never was a finer work

Written for the stage

We had the script down, line for line

Costumed, decked out, dress-rehearsed

Then struck down, hapless as these words

Sitting on the page

But the story went like

If you have an equal, I've never met her

She wouldn't be the reason I can't stay

Baby, I'm a broken record

I keep saying "I love you" like that's all there is to say

All our tunes from better times

We tried to capture on cassette

The other channels fade and die

Your station at full blare

The master tapes we'll never find

The melody is with me yet

The music from and inspired by

Our doomed love affair

But the chorus went like

If there's other people, it doesn't matter

I know that's not the reason you can't stay

Baby, I'm a broken record

I keep saying "I love you" like that's all there is to say

This might be my fault, as these things tend to be

This might break my heart, as these things tend to do

But maybe when I play this song, it'll make sense to me

Maybe when you hear this one, it'll make sense to you

Well, even if we call things off

You never really leave the biz

The soul of me just shrugs and grins

What say the heart of you

'Cuz once we're rich and strong enough

We'll make a movie of all this

And who else could ever be convinced

To play the part of you

So this story ends like

If we have a sequel, I know it'll be better

For now, there's only one thing I can say

You'll never be a broken record

I'll never love another quite this way