When Love Is Gone - David Ackles

I have your ribbon and you have my ring,

And yet between us we’ve misplaced the thing we’d found.

It would not be bound.

Gone are the splendor, the joy and the smile.

Where there was music, it echoes a mile away.

Oh, we could stay, we could stay together,

Just pretending going on and on.

We could play, we could play together,

The game of love when love is gone.

But you are honest and yes, I am proud.

Only a fool is content with a cloud to hide him.

We can’t fall beside him.

So take back the promise and cast off the vow.

We said tomorrow, but had only now to spend, and now is the end.

Oh, we could stay together,

Just pretending going on and on.

We could play, we could play together,

The game of love when love is gone.

When love is gone.

The games go on,

When love is gone.