You say that I felt afraid But she's got the wherewithal Held back to the wall Her threads are starting to fray Our loosened ends undone Tell what we've become It's never the last time We'll talk when the past starts to fade Dawn turns to gray Forget in the meantime It's taken a lifetime to say Sanguine charade You saunter out to the hall She's draped in coral and suede No faults to display You cast it out to the wind But you're tangled up in twine Held cast to the line It's never the last time It's taken a lifetime to say Sanguine charade You and I can't see On bended knee We give and take But meet halfway With sights unseen You'll guarantee That old cliche Is underway It's never the last time We'll talk when the past starts to fade Dawn turns to gray Forget in the meantime It's taken a lifetime to say Sanguine charade