A penny for a lie that you can keep Promises that live when you're asleep Tell me what is better than a smile That will cost you all the tears that you can weep Well, a man who says he's honest is a fraud As honest as the girl down by the shore Their shadows intertwine in the receding light As the grizzled biker calls out anymore Candle burned out lightbulbs on the carousel One for every week you never called If I were ever such a heartless man as you I'd say you didn't care for her at all Da da da, da da da da, da da Well there's days to leave the phone right off the hook And days to spend outside in the rain The storm tries to get inside your beating heart To wake some passion in there again And the water gets into your rotten boots The weather gets inside there with your soul Maybe it's a game reserved for broken hearts Because in the end every lover is a fool Candle burned out lightbulbs on the carousel One for every year you never called If I were ever such a heartless man as you I'd say you didn't care for her at all Da da da, da da da da, da da Da da die, da die Da da die, da die, da da da die Da da die, da die Da da die, da die, da da da die