Four Letter Word

Album: Closer (1988)
Charted: 6
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  • I tell ya
    It's hell yeah
    When love says goodbye it's a four letter word
    Because your heart knows
    When love goes
    The feeling is bad, it's the pits of the world
    It's sad but true
    When nothing you can do, can bring it back

    Standing in the rain
    She starts to cry
    Is it all a game
    She wonders why
    Why it had to start
    Why should it end, and take her apart

    Because she shows it
    She knows it
    But what can she do, it's a four letter word
    Because it shakes you
    It breaks you
    And when it's the end, it's the worst thing you heard
    It's over now
    And nothing you can do can bring it back

    Calling out his name
    She starts to cry
    Guys are all the same
    She wants to die
    Hide away the tears
    No one will see, and no one must hear
    But oh

    How can the love that she has be profane
    And how can something that's so beautiful
    Just Jeckyl and Hyde around
    It's so sad...

    I tell ya
    It's hell yeah
    When love says goodbye
    It's a four letter word
    Because your heart knows
    When love goes
    The feeling is bad
    It's the worst in the world
    It's sad but true
    When nothing you can do, can get it back

    Standing in the rain
    She starts to cry
    Shouting out is name
    Four letter words Writer/s: Marty Wilde, Rick Wilde
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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