[Intro]
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[Verse]
Well, I opened your last letter
Thinking things could only get better
It was bad news at the best of times
Tap water dressed as tears
I ve known that trick through all of these years
But it was bad news at the best of times
[Verse]
Some things just cannot be expressed
And some bad things you do for the best
It would have been bad news at the best of times
It would have been bad news at the best of times
Had my tongue in my cheek, yeah, when you were mine
It would have been bad news at the best of times
[Verse]
My eyes are tired of itching
Got me walking round the kitchen
It was bad news at the best of times
Started coughing once too often
I can t stop till I don t think of you
It was bad news at the best of times
[Verse]
What price for tomorrow s bride
Widowed when her daydream died?
It would have been bad news at the best of times
Bad news, best of times
I used to wake up laughing, yeah, when you were mine
It would have been bad news, best of times
[Bridge]
Baby, baby, oh, you re leaving me just one more time
I ve never asked you to before___
Now I m as guilty as the day that I was born
Begging you, pleading you
Loving you and needing you
[Verse]
When things go this wrong
Next time I d be so strong
It was bad news at the best of times
Driving backwards in a hearse
Thinking things couldn t get no worse
Would have been bad news at the best of times
[Verse]
The camera never lies, baby, that s for sure
But you re a sight for these eyes, so sore
It would have been bad news at the best of times
It would have been bad news at the best of times
Stronger than memories when you were mine
It would have been bad news at the best of times
