Another Sad Story - The Boomtown Rats

And it’s a sad, sad story

Johnnie had the ring but he never took the chance

And it’s all a game

So he never showed his hand to how he played it

The guessing game

Same old story

Susan, she don’t fit but she weighs them just the same

A life in a day

And in the end

No love, no loss

Forbidden colors, their hearts' desire

You’re face to face

And back to friends

And just all smiles that lead nowhere at all

Nowhere at all

Nowhere at all

Another sad, sad story

'Cus Johnnie had the ring but he never took the chance

And it’s an uphill climb

One step forward, two steps back

Don’t look behind

That uphill climb

And in the end, no love, no loss

Forbidden colors, their hearts' desire

You’re face to face

And back to friends

And just all smiles that lead nowhere at all

And I show the emptiness

Cause his hands are all alone

The killing of mind and soul

It’s only half of it

It’s only half of it, oh oh, oh oh

But in the end, no love, no loss

Forbidden colors, their hearts' desire

It’s face to face

And back to friends

It’s just all smiles that lead nowhere at all

Nowhere at all

Nowhere at all