Surprise, surprise I understand your shock at getting wise I was feeling shame, you were feeling stupid 'Coz I knew what was wrong with me long before you did I knew what was wrong with me long before you did Mm hm I've spent my whole adult life worrying That the world woulf find me out before too long I faint, I fail, my vision starts a-blurrying So just stay strong Or get strong Surprise, surprise Look into these never loving eyes You were feeling safe, while I was feeling lonely You thought that you had known me but I wish that you had only Known just what was wrong with me long before you did Mm hm A life on the run From the truth is a gun With its barrel pointed deep down in your throat And one day you'll say enough Of this self-defeating stuff One false move That's all she wrote Instrumental And on those mornings when I'm lying In our bed alone and realise I'm old My mind begins to wish that I was flying It's not my mind It's my soul Surprise, surprise I understand your shock at getting wise I was feeling shame, you were feeling stupid 'Coz I knew what was wrong with me long before you did I knew what was wrong with me long before you did I knew what was wrong with me long before you did