Can You Forgive Her? Lyrics

Can You Forgive Her?

Another night with open eyes
Too late to sleep, too soon to rise
You're short of breath, is it a heart attack?
Hot and feverish you face the fact

          You're in love, and it feels like shame
          Because she's gone and made a fool of you in public again
          You're in love, and it feels like pain
          Because you know there's too much truth in everything she
               claims

     So ask yourself now: Can you forgive her
     If she wants you to?
     Ask yourself: Can you even deliver
     What she demands of you?

You drift into the strangest dreams
Of youthful follies and changing teams
Admit you're wrong, oh, no, not yet
Then you wake up and remember that you can't forget

          She's made you some kind of laughing stock
          Because you dance to disco, and you don't like rock
          She'd make fun of you, and even in bed
          Said she was gonna go and get herself a real man instead

     So ask yourself now: Can you forgive her
     If she begs you to?
     Ask yourself: Can you even deliver
     What she demands of you?
     Or do you want revenge?
     But that's childish, so childish!
     (That's childish, so childish!)

Remember when you were more easily led
Behind the cricket pavillion and the bicycle shed
Trembling as your dreams came true
You looked right into those blue eyes and knew

          It was love, and now you can't pretend
          You've forgotten all the promises of that first friend
          It's bad enough, she knows how you feel
          But she's not prepared to share you with the memory
     
     So ask yourself now: Can you forgive her
     If she begs you to?
     Ask yourself: Can you even deliver
     What she demands of you?
     Ask yourself now: Can you forgive her
     If she begs you to?
     And ask yourself: Can you even deliver
     What she demands of you?
     Or do you want revenge?
     But that's childish, so childish!