Your accountant called this morning
There was springtime in his heart
He couldn't wait to tell me

How he'd pulled our lives apart
And the letter from your lawyer
Lies unopened on the tray

I may get around to reading it later today

Walking round the lonely rooms

I see everything the same
But suddenly it matters
What was purchased in my name

Whether this or that was paid for
Belongs to me or you
Can the seven years together be divided by two


It says something for the legal boys
But nothing much for us

That all we had together
Is so quickly ended thus
The legal boys have won again

And you and I have lost
They can't tell us how it happened
But they'll let us know the cost

Oh they'll let us know the cost, oh yeah

There's a lot I'd like to tell you

But I can't get past your guards
I do not speak their language
And they hold all the cards

I would rather call you darling
Than defendant in the case
But lovers left here long ago

And clients took their place