Charming yet merciless ... Why Can't We Talk? explores the strangely mundane way how "the love that was" flies on the wind, leaving emptiness where there was fulfilment ...
Lyrics
Intro instrumental verse
Verse 1
Why can’t we talk?
Why can’t we speak?
Why can’t we say …
What’s underneath
Verse 2
You take your side
And I take mine
It breaks my heart
To see the signs … of
Na na verse …
CHORUS
Love … Flying on the wind
Love … Where can I begin to
Say … Where did we go wrong
Instead … of writing in a song
Verse 3
Mistakes we’ve made
Time slips away
The life that chanced
While making plans
Verse 4
The far off gaze
An awkward pause
The sands run through
Our hour glass …
Na na verse …
Chorus
Bridge (scat)
Du ba
Dam a du ba day
……..
Zu da da
Dam a du ba day
Verse 5
And so it comes
Towards the end
There is no way …
Our dreams to mend
Verse 6
I guess we’re stuck
With what we’ve got
Now out of luck
As we face up to …
Na na verse …
CHORUS x 2
Outro on bridge x2 or to fade