Squeeze - Tough Love

(Difford/Tilbrook)

There she sits in an empty room
The look on her face says it all
A bruise appears round a crying eye
As the tear drops sadly fall
He knocked her over he hit her
And told her she`s stupid
He`s high as a kite once again
She knows that tough love is needed
To save the love of her friend

There he sits in a freezing car
She`s in her bed in the warm
The cold light of the morning sky
Finds him cramped and looking worn
He wanders inside on tiptoes
And brews up some coffee
He`s shaking and sweating again
She knows that tough love is needed
To save the love of her friend

They talk it over but it`s not easy
Sorting it out
She cannot take it when he tells lies
And sneaks off out of the room
Returning like somebody`s lost balloon

Tea leaves sit in an empty cup
No expression on his face
The TV`s showing commercials
He`s back in her arms again
No more the drugs and the drinking
Her heart can stop sinking
Now that he`s home once again
She knows that tough love is needed
To save the love of her friend

They talked it over for hours and hours and hours
¡®Till everything sounded the same
She knows it`s tough love that she finds in her heart
To dissolve the pain