Like a roller coaster. Like a giant seesaw.
Like a match suddenly stricken. Or a scab scratched raw.
An emotional up and down. A pendulum on the swing.
A sudden burst of anger. Hear the punching ring.
He’s such a happy guy. A pleasure to be around.
And she’s very funny. With her feet firmly on the ground.
And he seems to love her. After all he gave her his last name.
And she speaks fondly of their courtship even though it’s no longer the same.
(CHORUS)
So tell me are your tears lost in the rain?
Are all of your happy years just trickling down the drain?
Can you feel the pain?
Of Carlos and Elayne.
Who knows what set him off. Was it something someone said?
Where did the anger come from? What put it in his head?
Was it something that she did? Most doubtedly not.
Nobody deserves the abuse or the beating she got.
They say he’s just a Greenhorn.But that’s neither here nor there.
She was his sparkling bride. They made such a lovely pair.
But now he has his mood swings and his brain is a mixed up stew.
And she’s traded in her mascara for eyes of black and blue.
(repeat chorus)
Well the cops came by last night and they took him away.
And she swore out a court order and has gone home to stay.
But she’ll probably forget it and go back to her man.
Even though in the end she’ll meet up again with the back of his hand.
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