The days were wide open At the heart of all my joy Boys were invincible lovers Just begging to be destroyed They're up in the morning Regretfully sobbing and gone I'm bathed and going back to bed This was never any cause for alarm It seems you have a choice to make The shell is white and yours to break Either way, it's just as well All I need's a promise I can keep to myself They leave with their lovers Oh, talk aloud in their sleep Drifting off into dreaming Never as quiet as they seem to be I know those mornings Are as good as it ever can be Feeling our hearts are beating Tenderly, two against three It seems you have a choice to make The shell is white and yours to break Either way, it's just as well All I need's a promise I can keep to myself I'm nowhere near you Nowhere near where I should be Feeling our hearts are beating Tenderly, two against three