Tears Are Not Enough
by ABC

Album: The Lexicon of Love (1981)
Charted: 19
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  • Tears for souvenirs
    Tears are not enough
    Tears for shields and spears
    Tears are not enough

    Searching for certainty
    When it's such an unstable world
    Searching for something good
    And I'm looking for the real McCoy
    Blueprint, that says that boy meets girl
    Picture, girl meets boy
    A blueprint that says that the boy meets the girl
    Picture in a magazine

    Yes you've shown your feelings
    Yes you've shown you're tough
    Said things worth believing
    Tears are not enough
    Tears are not enough
    Tears are not enough

    Yes you've shown your feelings
    Yes you've shown you're tough
    Said things worth believing
    Tears are not enough
    Tears are not enough
    Tears are not enough

    Slam that door, slap my face
    But I don't love you anymore
    Dry your eyes sink or swim
    You surmise you can't win
    We all make great mistakes

    Blueprint, that says that boy meets girl
    Picture, girl meets boy
    A blueprint that says that the boy meets the girl
    Picture in a magazine

    Yes you've shown your feelings
    Yes you've shown you're tough
    Said things worth believing
    Tears are not enough
    Tears are not enough
    Tears are not enough

    Would I lie
    Should I lie
    Could I lie to you?
    Excuses had their uses
    But now they're all used up, all used up

    Excuses had their uses
    But now they're all used up, all used up

    Yes you've shown your feelings
    Yes you've shown you're tough
    Said things worth believing
    Tears are not enough

    Yes you've shown your feelings
    Yes you've shown you're tough
    Said things worth believing
    Tears are not enough

    Tears for souvenirs
    Tears are not enough
    Tears for shields and spears Writer/s: Mark Lickley, Mark White, Martin Fry, Steve Singleton
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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