Lyrics The Long Division - Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach

The Long Division

Did somebody try to catch your eye
And almost change your sad expression?
Did somebodys hand linger too long?
Must I now make my confession?
But youll never know
What suspicion is Until you lie awake
And every night you ask yourself
«what am I to do?
«Can it be so hard to calculate?
When three goes into two
Theres nothing left over
Hows it gonna feel?
this time its real
Its not a temporary fracture
This is what you get, the stage is set
For you and your attempted rapture
Is he gonna smile
That indulgent smile
When you come running home?
And every night you ask yourself,
«what am I to do?
«Can it be so hard to calculate?
When three goes into two
Theres nothing left over
What am I gonna say?
you turn away
And you leave me here despairing
What am I going to do?
I look at you
You seem to be so long past caring
Did somebody say,
«can we still be friends?
«Only to find out now that its a joke
So ask yourself,
«what am I to do?
«Can it be so hard to calculate?
When three goes into two
Theres nothing left over
Did somebody say,
«can we still be friends?
«Did somebody say,
«can we still be friends?
«Did somebody say,
«can we still be friends?
«Did somebody say,
«can we still be friends?
«Did somebody say,
«can we still be friends?
«Did somebody say,
«can we still be friends?
»