Olivia Newton John - Lovers lyrics

(Mickey Newbury)

Once they were lovers but now they're not friends

She's found another--he says it's the end

To think they once tore down the wall for a door

But now they don't speak anymore

So he walks the streets--the few nights he can stand

Drinking her memory away when he can

Friends once would reach out to them from the shore

But now they don't cry anymore

How does it all come to happen

That's not what loving is for

And if I thought it was, I'd leave here in the morning

I'd sooner sleep on the floor

Oh when will we learn really what loving is

It's not what you get in return but what you give

To think they once tore down the wall for a door

But now they don't speak anymore