Was There Anything I Could Do? Lyrics - Singles - Go-betweens

She comes home and she's happy 

She comes home and she's blue 

She comes home and she tells him 

Listen baby we're through 

I don't know what happened next 

All I know is she moved 

Packed up her bags and her curtains 

Left him in his room 

Was there anything I could do? 

She went out with her paint box 

Paints the chapel blue 

She went out with her matchsticks 

Torched a car wash too 

I don't know where she's living 

All I've got is a card 

A picture of her at the pyramids 

A knife held to her heart 

Was there anything I could do? 

She came down from the mountains 

Said goodbye to her guru 

She went back to her room 

Lost herself in voodoo 

I don't say that I blame her 

People don't know what they want 

If you spend your life looking behind you 

You don't see what's up front 

Was there anything I could do? 

Putting out her fire 

Putting out her fire