It started with act one The curtain came up It's pretty old fashioned To people fall in love And everything's perfect But one thing I've learned is It probably won't stay That way for long Why can't we work out Hiding some lesion So we can stay frozen In this position? Why can't we rip out The last couple pages And stay the way that it is? No, I wouldn't like to know how this one ends Been running away from it since we began Why can't you lie and say it's not happening? Why can't we start over again? The story continues The lovers' hearts pound The news, they spread quickly All over town Now come with the horses Now come with the hounds And tear them apart Just to stop the sound Why can't we work out Before the break up So we can stay dreaming And never wake up? Why can't we rip out The last couple pages And stay the way that it is? No, I wouldn't like to know how this one ends Been running away from it since we began Why can't you lie and say it's not happening? Why can't we start over again? Over again Over again Why can't we start over again? No, I wouldn't like to know how this one ends Been running away from it since we began Why can't you lie and say it's not happening? Why can't we start over again? It started with act one The curtain came up It's pretty old fashioned To people fall in love And I thought we were perfect But one thing I'm learning We probably won't stay That way for long