Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Close But No Cigar , by - Thomas Dolby. Song from the album Astronauts & Heretics, in the genre ПопRelease date: 26.07.1992
Record label: The Echo Label
Song language: English
Close But No Cigar |
| You came close |
| Close but no cigar |
| You didn’t miss by far |
| You know you came this close |
| Close but no cigar |
| Some people sing love songs |
| Everybody’s got one |
| This isn’t my love song |
| It’s more like my love-gone-wrong song |
| She came to breakfast |
| And stayed a week |
| But the lie detectors |
| Broke down each time she tried to speak |
| Broke down when she said: |
| «You came close |
| Close but no cigar |
| You didn’t miss by far |
| You know you came this close |
| Close but no cigar |
| No matter where you are |
| You know you came this close |
| Close but no cigar» |
| I remember, I remember, I remember |
| The promise in your eyes |
| As black as the night I drove you to the airport |
| And I remember, I remember, I remember |
| The wide Brazilian sky that swallowed you |
| Then I hit thirty |
| Guess I can’t complain |
| But I must have been lonely |
| The night I bumped into Lorraine |
| She came for coffee |
| And stayed all night |
| But the lie detectors |
| Broke down every time I tried to smile |
| Broke down like the story of my life |
| And each dream I missed by half a mile |
| Broke down when I told her: |
| «You came close |
| Close but no cigar |
| You didn’t miss by far |
| You know you came this close |
| Close but no cigar |
| No matter where you are |
| You know you came so close |
| Close but no cigar |
| You didn’t miss by far |
| You know you came this close |
| Close but no cigar |
| We’re better off by far |
| But you know we came this close |
| Close but no cigar» |