Second Best

The Last Dinner Party

Now the days grow long

And your hands and tears

Are lost to the wind

Take me back, take me back

Let us walk by the shore

By the hand, by the hair

I don't care anymore

With the world at your feet

Leave footprints on my back

I'll be first, I'll be last

Don't want to need to go back

 

Chewing gum and white wine

Your cold answer's mine

I'm wasting my time

You know I hate to lose

And maybe that's why I've left you behind

I feel like I've left you behind

 

Ain't it nice?

Second best, oh

Ain't it good?

Second best

Ain't it nice?

Second best, oh

Ain't it good?

Second best

Oh-oh

 

Oh, against the bathroom tiles

Your back goes on for miles

I'm losing my mind

Babe, you know it ain't fair

You leave me again

He's waiting downstairs

There's always somebody downstairs

 

Ain't it nice?

Second best, oh

Ain't it good?

Second best

Ain't it nice?

Second best, oh

Ain't it good?

Second best

 

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah

What do I do to be better for you?

(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah)

What do I do to be better for you?

(Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah)

What do I do to be better for you?

(Now the days grow long)

What do I do to be better for you?

(And your hands and tears are all lost, to the wind)

 

(What do I do to be better for you?)

Take me back, take me back

Let us walk by the shore

By the hand, by the hair

I don't care anymore (What do I do)

With the world at your feet (To be better for you?)

Leave footprints on my back

I'll be first, I'll be last

Don't want to, need to go back

 

Ain't it nice?

Second best

Ain't it good?

Second best

Ain't it nice?

Second best, oh

Ain't it good?

Second best

 

Take me back, take me back

Let us walk by the shore

By the hand, by the hair

I don't care anymore

With the world at your feet

Leave footprints on my back

I'll be first, I'll be last

Don't want to, need to go back