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Now and then Iâve know pleasure, now and then Iâve known pain
But now it seems that all I do is all in vain
Thereâs always these who donât half come it, who they are they know well
They play at life with tricks and lies, and I can tell
Itâs cheap the way they carry on full of spite and so headstrong
To think that they could get somewhere instead of building castles in the air
With cheap emotion, and nothing more
Itâs cheap emotion, and thatâs for sure
Youâll look at me tears crocodile, oh so eager, âHoney, please,â
The way you turn on the heartache, oh yeah? Well my heart bleeds
You see the truth is always shallow, the truth is always hard to bear
Maybe thatâs why weâre building âround us, so many castles in the air
Itâs cheap and tough and so unfair, I suppose thatâs the cross youâve got to bear
For cheap emotion, you get what for
With cheap emotion, nothing more
The way you go about things, oh very good indeed
But tongue in cheek devotion, is hardy what I need
With cheap emotion, nothing more
Cheap emotion, you get what for
Such cheap emotion, you just canât win
With cheap emotion, itâs a crying shame
Cheap emotion, nothing more
Cheap emotion, you get what for
Cheap emotion, you just canât win
Cheap emotion, itâs a crying shame
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