When you decide it's time for us to part I always know By the things that you don't say, and the things you don't show They follow in succession, and to me it's no surprise For when it's time you tell the truth, and when it's time you lie And when it's time, you shoot that same old look across the room And seem to take away the day, and soon you'll bring the gloom We're the pattern people We're the pattern people We're the pattern people We're the pattern people And you say those same old words, girl, when it's time to say goodbye And I'll always need some sympathy, and so you try to cry And I'll always say it's over and this time will be the end And you vow that now you're sure you can let me be your friend And we go our separate ways, and we always mark the street So that when it's time to love again we can arrange to meet We're the pattern people We're the pattern people We're the pattern people We're the pattern people ♪ And we write those same old letters, and we sing those same old songs And when we're tired of crying, we go back where we belong We're the pattern people We're the pattern people We're the pattern people We're the pattern people We're the pattern people We're the pattern people We're the pattern people We're the pattern people We're the pattern people We're the pattern people