[Verse 1: Neil Tennant]
I double-cross you
And you get mysterious mail
I've tried hard not to shock you
It's hard not to
With the things I could say

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
Why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?

[Verse 2: Neil Tennant]
You lock your letters in a box
And you've hidden the key
I go one better
I'm indebted
To a contact magazine

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
Why
Don't we try
Not to break our hеarts and make it so hard for us?
[Bridge: Neil Tennant]
Everybody's got to live togеther
Just to find a little peace of mind there
If you give up your affairs forever
I will give up mine
But it's hard
So hard

[Verse 3: Neil Tennant]
I'm always hoping you'll be faithful
But you're not, I suppose
We've both given up smoking
'Cause it's fatal
So whose matches are those?

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Tell me why
Don't we try
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?

[Post-Chorus: Neil Tennant]
We make it so hard
(It's so hard)

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Tell me why (Tell me why)
Don't we try (Don't we try)
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard?
Tell me why (Tell me why)
Don't we try (Don't we try)
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
[Outro: Neil Tennant]
Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves
We make it so hard for ourselves
We make it so hard
So hard
We make it so hard