Now and then I've know pleasure, now and then I've known pain But now it seems that all I do is all in vain There's always these who don't half come it, who they are they know well They play at life with tricks and lies, and I can tell It's cheap the way they carry on full of spite and so headstrong To think that they could get somewhere instead of building castles in the air With cheap emotion, and nothing more It's cheap emotion, and that's for sure You'll look at me tears crocodile, oh so eager, "Honey, please," The way you turn on the heartache, oh yeah? Well my heart bleeds You see the truth is always shallow, the truth is always hard to bear Maybe that's why we're building 'round us, so many castles in the air It's cheap and tough and so unfair, I suppose that's the cross you've got to bear For cheap emotion, you get what for With cheap emotion, nothing more The way you go about things, oh very good indeed But tongue in cheek devotion, is hardy what I need With cheap emotion, nothing more Cheap emotion, you get what for Such cheap emotion, you just can't win With cheap emotion, it's a crying shame