LOOSE END

We met out on open streets when we had no place to go (1)
I remember how my heart beat when you said, "I love you so"
Then little by little we choked out all the life that our love could hold
No no

It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled 'til it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darling to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end

We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby we ran (2)
There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand
And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know
But oh no

It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darling to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end

Our love has fallen around us like we said it never could
We saw it happen to all the others but to us it never would
Well how could something so bad, darling, come from something that was so good
I don't know

It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled 'til it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darling to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
On the loose end
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NOTES

La version studio de Loose End a été enregistrée le 18 juillet 1979, au studio Power Station, à New York City. Cette version utilise la même piste musicale que la version officielle (intitulée Loose Ends) parue en 1988 sur l'album Tracks, mais le mixage est différent.

(1) Paroles croisées : "We met out on open streets when we had no place to go / I remember how my heart beat when you said, 'I love you so'" sont des vers apparaissant dans la chanson Little White Lies ("We met on open streets where we both had no place to go / I remember how my heart beat when you said, 'Oh Billy I love you so'")

(2) Paroles croisées : "We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby we ran / There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand / And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know" est un couplet apparaissant dans la chanson Little White Lies ("We did not count tomorrows, we took what we could and ran / There was no time for sorrow, every place you went I held your hand / And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know")