The Old Songs Lyrics - Joe Jackson

There goes another one 

Another happy couple on the road to emptiness 

I think of my father and mother 

Can they imagine how two people can get in this mess 

But the old songs say - love's forever 

And the old songs never say die 

But a song can't keep us together 

How can that beautiful song be a lie 

Me I blame the old songs 

Filling hearts with rebellion and romance 

Our book of revelations 

And all we had to do was dance 

Play us another one 

Play us the hopes and dreams of twenty years ago 

They're all over the bloody radio 

It's like they're telling us there's nowhere left to go 

And the old songs say - "be my baby" 

And the old songs say - "she loves you" 

All the songs we'll sing come what may be 

I like those songs 

But I'd like something new 

Me I blame the old songs 

Protect us all against a change of course 

All our great expectations 

Turn to alimony and remorse