Don't flake out on me<br />
Oh, you promised you'd write before Easter<br />
And now you damn well know that it's autumn<br />
And I missed you through those summer months<br />
<br />
Oh, you promised yourself you'd stop drinking<br />
And I know it's none of my business<br />
But you were mighty and graceful when sober<br />
But all that gin, all that wine<br />
<br />
We will always talk this way, tired and slightly jaded<br />
We will waste our tears and we'll be waiting years<br />
For the friends who always promised that they'd phone us<br />
<br />
We will always feel this way, faintly optimistic<br />
But we will speak the truth and we will never lose<br />
Oh, the feeling that our hearts could be unbroken<br />
<br />
Don't wimp out on me<br />
Oh, I know you've got the strength of 12 oxen<br />
I've seen you get through these things before<br />
Just like you've seen me get through these things before<br />
<br />
We will always talk this way, tired and slightly jaded<br />
We will waste our tears and we'll be waiting years<br />
For the friends who always promised that they'd phone us<br />
<br />
We will always feel this way, faintly optimistic<br />
But we will speak the truth and we will never lose<br />
Oh, the feeling that our hearts could be unbroken<br />
<br />
Oh, we will always feel dismayed, it will only ever be okay<br />
What's the point in getting laid? We're waiting for the better days<br />
We will always feel dismayed but only ever be okay<br />
What's the point in getting laid? We're waiting for the better days