Thomas Dolby - Close But No Cigar lyrics

[Thomas Dolby - Close But No Cigar lyrics]

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"

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