The Mention Of Your Name

© Chris Rea - 'Auberge', 1991.

 Time goes by
 And every single tear
 It must have well run dry
 And the lonely nights
 Become a strange accepted way

 And the years go past
 Just like the old song says
 The pain with time has healed
 It could not last

 But oh a friend
 Like a fool mentions your name

 Sunny days, drunken nights
 You smile and say it’s all right
 But oh the cold, cold rain
 At the mention of your name

 Forgive me please
 If I shrug my shoulders
 When I put my friends at ease
 As I get older
 It’s not that I don’t feel colder than before
 Oh I’ve become so good at hiding
 What I feel without confiding
 It’s still the same
 At the mention of your name