Kirsty MacColl

He Never Mention Love

Kirsty MacColl


I couldn't hear him when he called to me 
I couldn't hear him at all you see 
He was down the road away from me 
How could I know his answer? 
I couldn't hear him 'though he shouted hard 
I couldn't hear him in my own backyard 
The trains were rattling by above 
He never mentioned love 

He may have held my hand 
When we were walking down the street 
He talked about all kinds of things 
But none of them were him and me 
He looked into my eyes 
Just as an airplane roared above 
Said something about football 
But he never mentioned love 

I never heard him all the times he yelled 
I never heard him if he tried to tell me 
If my memory serves me well 
He never mentioned love 
I never hurt him 'though he says I did 
I never hurt him but I die a bit 
Each time he passes on the street 
He never mentions love 

I used to call him every night 
And pray that he was home 
I couldn't bear the feeling 
I might have to live my life alone 
But now my phone is off the hook 
The word came from above 
It told me I was wasting time 
If he never mentioned love 

I never heard him if he said he cared 
I never heard him, I kept my claws bared 
I never heard the things he says he said 
He never mentioned he was scared 
I never heard him when he asked of love 
I never heard him as the skies above 
Chucked buckets on the both of us 
He never mentioned love 

So if I seem hardhearted 
I would like the court to note 
He never mentioned love to me 
In anything he wrote 
And if I seem coldblooded 
I should like to tell the judge 
In all the time I knew this man 
He never spoke of love 
(or if he did) 

I never heard him when he called to me 
I never heard him at all you see 
He was down the line away from me 
He never mentioned L.U.V. 
I never hurt him 'though he says I did 
I never hurt him I just die a bit 
Each time we meet upon the street 
We never mention love