Lovers
Mickey Newbury
[Verse 1]
Once they were lovers
Now, they're not friends
She's found another
He says it's the end
To think they once tore down a wall for a door
Now, they don't speak anymore
[Verse 2]
So he walks the streets
The few nights he can stand
Drinkin' her mem'ry away
When he can
Friends once would reach out to them from the shore
Now, they don't try anymore
[Bridge]
How does it all come to happen?
That's not what lovin' is for
And if I thought it was I would leave here in the mornin'
I'd sooner sleep on the floor
[Verse 3]
Oh, when will they learn really
What lovin' is?
It's not what you take in return
But what you give
To think they once tore down a wall for a door
Now, they don't speak anymore