Always
the way
David Brown / George Smith
The birds and bees don’t
always make honey
remember the story of Frankie and Johnnie
He took her heart but he didn’t take care
tried to keep all three balls in the air
Frankie not blind, got him in her sights
and boom, boom out went the lights
Ain’t it always the way?
Built in years, destroyed in a day
temptation calls but doesn’t say
the gift of love is the price you pay
ain’t it always, ain’t it always the way?
Love strangled by ties at the office
time is money and money is profits
No meeting agenda said he would lose her
it wasn’t a programme on the computer
Targets reached with slaps on the back
but the case is already packed
Ain’t it always the way?
Love is the one deal that goes astray
business contracts never say
the gift of love is the price you pay
ain’t it always, ain’t it always the way?
No one was listening so they had a hearing
and inventory to the very last earring
Split down the middle – cracking the egg
the T.V the sofa and the marital bed
Gain on the roundabout – lose on the swings
the give and taking of rings
Ain’t it always the way?
What’s in the till at the end of the day
when money talks and has its say
the gift of love is the price you pay
ain’t it always, ain’t it always the way? |