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 sit at separate  tables and we
tables and we  sleep at different
sleep at different  times and the
times and the  warm wind in the
warm wind in the palm trees hasn't
 palm trees hasn't  helped to change our minds
helped to change our minds 
It was the lure of the
lure of the  tropics that I
tropics that I thought might heal the
thought might heal the  scars Of a
scars Of a love burned out by
love burned out by silence in a
silence in a marriage minus heart
marriage minus heart 
And I call the kids on the telephone Say there's
 call the kids on the telephone Say there's  something wrong out here It's Ju
something wrong out here It's Ju ly but it's cold as
ly but it's cold as Christmas In the
Christmas In the  middle of the year The
middle of the year The temperature's up to
 temperature's up to  ninety five But there's a
ninety five But there's a winter
winter  look in your
look in your  mother's eyes And to
mother's eyes And to  melt the tears there's a
melt the tears there's a heat wave here So
heat wave here So  how come it's
how come it's  cold as Christmas in the
cold as Christmas in the  middle of the
middle of the  year.
year.
I  dreamed of love in a better
dreamed of love in a better climate And for
climate And for  what it's really
what it's really  worth I put
worth I put faith in the star we
faith in the star we  followed To this
followed To this  Caribbean surf
Caribbean surf
But there's an  icy fringe on
icy fringe on  everything And I
everything And I  cannot find the
cannot find the  lines Where's the
lines Where's the beauty in the
beauty in the  beast we made Why the
beast we made Why the  frost in the summertime.
frost in the summertime.
And I call the kids on the telephone Say there's
 call the kids on the telephone Say there's  something wrong out here It's Ju
something wrong out here It's Ju ly but it's cold as
ly but it's cold as Christmas In the
Christmas In the  middle of the year The
middle of the year The temperature's up to
 temperature's up to  ninety five But there's a
ninety five But there's a winter
winter  look in your
look in your  mother's eyes And to
mother's eyes And to  melt the tears there's a
melt the tears there's a heat wave here So
heat wave here So  how come it's
how come it's  cold as Christmas in the
cold as Christmas in the  middle of the
middle of the  year.
year.