to make it easier on you

it's a game

at times quite realistic

but a game all the same

somebody wins and somebody loses

it all depends on whoever choses

to take it most seriously

but none of this matters to you babe

this little pantomime of mine

would only bore you

you don't know if i'm

only going through the motions

to make it easier for you babe

when you decide it's over

it's a play

not written very well

but it's a play anyway

someone's a hero and someone's the villain

it all depends on whoever's willing

to give themselves unselfishly

but none of this matters to you babe

this little pantomime of mine

would only bore you

for you don't know if i'm

only going through the motions

to make it easier for you babe

when you decide it's over

we walk the laughing way

pretending not to feel

pretending it's not real

and we don't matter either way

at least that's what i say

to give you no excuse

to tremble us before you need to

to make sure when you do

you won't know that

i need you

it's a show

not always entertaining

but a show even so

someone's a star and someone's a stand-in

some have their handouts

some have their hand-ins

and some people need both hands free

but none of this matters to you babe

this little pantomime of mine

would only bore you

you don't know if i'm

only going through the motions

to make it easier for you babe

when you decide it's over

i'm gonna try to make it

easier for you baby

when you decide it's all over

if i could say a gentle word

to make the inevitable passing of our love seem a little less final

knowing that the heart can't help growing colder

if i could bear the pain and bitterness of our last goodbye

and let you remember the first sweet hello

it would make it all worthwhile for me

if i could just

make it easier for you babe

i wanna make it easier for you

yes i do

so you can just tell everybody everywhere

i'm gonna try to make it easier for you

i ain't gonna shed some tears baby

no no

when you walk through that door

i ain't gonna cry

no no

i'm gonna make it easier for you