I won’t paint the town red

Just because I’m blue

And I won’t be unfaithful

Just cos you’re untrue

And I won’t lie awake wishing you were here

Holding on to memories that I hold so dear

And I won’t dial your number

Just to hear your voice

I’ll get by without you

As if I had a choice

And I won’t judge you according to my pain

Love finds us all “Not guilty”, time and time again

So though I am lonely with nothing left to lose

I will do nothing for you

I will do nothing for you

I won’t wish that things were different

Or wish they were the same

Won’t play the part and twist your heart

Just to win the game

I will love you in the silence

In the stillness without blame

And I will love you by not doing

The same old thing again

When all of our future lies in our past

Stillness breaks the pattern

Doing nothing breaks the cast!

So though I am tempted, uncertain and confused

I will do nothing for you

I will do nothing for you

So I won’t feel betrayed

Abandoned or deceived

Won’t feel elated

Triumphant or relieved

I won’t hold my breath

And expect you to appear

Not until my love

Is greater than my fear

And I won’t try to win you

When I know my passions cool

I’m not certain who I am

But you’re no fool

So I won’t love you according to my pain

I will love you in the silence

In the strength of my refrain

And though it may seem crazy

To a world that’s mad

I’ll do nothing for you

Either good or bad

So though I am tempted, uncertain and confused

I will do nothing for you

I will do nothing for you

I will do nothing for you

I will do nothing for you

© Felicity Buirski 1992