You know you talk a real smooth game
And you know, you know all the right things to say
And I know that I’ve seen these tricks before
But still I took the bait from you,
You had me from the second I walked through the door

This farce that we played out oh so well
Did not take long to lose its charm or miss the opportunity
To kiss and tell

And now the die is cast
And the fix is in
And there’s no time left for us to start this thing back up again
I wasn’t kidding when I said
In the heart of this city, the romance, the romance is dead

And I hate that I took on that cliché
When I waited round for you to show
I waited for you in the rain
‘cos you didn’t think to fill me in
you didn’t warn me that we’d finished whatever this was
before if could begin

so now the die is cast
And the fix is in
And there’s no time left for us to start this thing back up again
I wasn’t kidding when I said
In the heart of this city, the romance, the romance is dead

Dead, dead.

I don’t know why I am so mad
You weren’t even what I wanted
But I did not want you to be
Just another fling that happened to me

So now the die is cast
And the fix is in
And it’s much too late for us to start this thing back up again
Oh, I need this like a hole in the head
In the heart of this city
Heart of this city
The romance is dead.