Why don’t we go through the motions
Once again tonight
And make believe you still care
Once more I’ll bridle my emotions
And pretend that it’s all right
To hold onto to a love without a prayer
Tonight we’ll go out once again
and never breath a word
about how its all come to an end
We will laugh and we will drink
and our friends won’t ever think
That your love for me is nothing but pretend
Once more we’ll go through the motions
As if it wasn’t true
That you don’t love me like before
Once more I’ll cling to the notion
That love can start anew
Even as you’re walking out the door
Sometimes I think it might be better
If we’d sit down and talk
about the heartache we’ve been through
But it’s nothing I can bear
Hearing how much you don’t care
And so we’ll keep up the appearance that you do
And then we’ll go through the motions
Once again my dear
And make believe your love’s still true
Once more I’ll pledge my devotion
and pray that’s what you’ll hear
and then you’ll go through the motions like you do
