if you say go
there's a chance that [bad word] scared
when you say you'll never be there
in the dress that you'll never wear

it's a sorry affair
we're on a hiding to nowhere
it's only right to swear
they pray that i won't answer you back
it's the dance that we'll never share
and alarms that you can't do without [bad word] scared
we're on a hiding to nowhere

no, no, no
it takes a chance a [bad word] or dare
is there a chance your lover be spare
if we say that we [bad word] scared

it's a sorry affair
we're on a hiding to nowhere
it's only right to swear
they pray that i won't answer you back
it's the dance that we'll never share
and alarms that you can't do without [bad word] scared
we're on a hiding to nowhere

so you button, you button your lip
and you button, you button your lip
button, button your lip

if you say go
there's a chance that [bad word] scared
when you say you'll never be there
in the dress that you'll never wear
so you button, you button your lip
and you button, you button your lip

we're on a hiding to nowhere
they pray that i won't answer you back
it's the dance that we'll never share
and alarms that you can't do without [bad word] scared
we're on a hiding to nowhere