Only a Rumour

From a painted face to the barest flesh

And there's so much flesh

I don't think I can handle this

But people change and ride on aeroplanes

And that's only fair

It's the time of life for doing that

But how I wish you'd close your eyes

Like I saw you close your eyes

And how I wish you'd lay your head on my shoulder

One time now

When I'm alone and I walk in a room

Well I'm terrified

I don't know what I'll find in there

But when I'm with people and they look my way

I could die of shame

'Cause they know what I'm thinking

But I don't take it quite so hard these days

What can you ask of all this anyway?

But how I wish they would not ask me that question

Hey, I've tried to be silent and reasonable

For so very long

Yeah, but I never understood

Why people like you must have

Everything marked right or wrong

From a bedroom cell to this public hell

And there's so much talk

I need to have another drink

I know it's mad for me to feel so sad

But I'm far from home

And I need to have another drink

And how I wish I knew for sure

How many years I had before this

State I'm in will put me under the ground

Hey, I just stopped short of calling out your name

Yeah, the people round here would never believe it

Life could never be the same

It's only a rumour

What's this I hear about you and Susie?

It's only a rumour

What's this I hear about you and Susie?

It's only a rumour

What's this I hear about you and Susie?

It's only a rumour

What's this I hear about you and Susie?

Don't ask