There Is No Way

Lyric by Clive James, music by Pete Atkin

For our being sent together, we rejoice,
And at the prospect of our loss, we grieve.
Small wonder it's ourselves that we deceive.
There isn't any choice.

     And how we'll end is there in how we feel.
     It was there in how we felt on the first day.
     This is too real to be real.
     There is no way.

There are no two ways about it then, my friend.
We hail farewell in every meeting look.
We play the double game through to the end.
There is no way off the hook.

     And how we'll end is there in how we feel.
     It was there in how we felt on the first day.
     This is too real to be real.
     There is no way.

For our being sent together, we rejoice,
And at the prospect of our loss, we grieve.
Small wonder it's ourselves that we deceive.
And so we stay and always take our leave.
There isn't any choice.
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