maybe it would be better if we never said goodbye
maybe I'd grow much older with you in my life
maybe we'd come out winners putting the world to rights
maybe I should be sorry for wasting your time

so who's right?
who'll take my side and call it spite or call it pride
call it love that never died, call it anything but wasted time

after the party's over, after the dream has died

some people keep returning to the scene of the crime
try to rewrite the story - tell you you never tried
tell you you should be sorry for wasting their time

maybe we could have done better? maybe, maybe not
maybe we could have made better use of time
maybe if anyone knew better how much time we've got
 it wouldn't be so hard to make the words all rhyme

Joe Jackson