Lyric Lovers

(Mickey Newbury)

Once they were lovers but now they re not friends
She s found another--he says it s the end
To think they once tore down the wall for a door
But now they don t speak anymore

So he walks the streets--the few nights he can stand
Drinking her memory away when he can
Friends once would reach out to them from the shore
But now they don t cry anymore

How does it all come to happen
That s not what loving is for
And if I thought it was, I d leave here in the morning
I d sooner sleep on the floor

Oh when will we learn really what loving is
It s not what you get in return but what you give
To think they once tore down the wall for a door
But now they don t speak anymore