The Masquerade Is Over

The first person I ever heard sing this song I think I was 19 Her name was Stormy Winters This is for you, Stormy And all the things you taught me Yeah Your eyes Baby they don't shine Like they used to shine And the thrill Is gone when your lips meet mine And I'm afraid the masquerade is over It's all over, yeah And so is love And so is love Your words Baby, they don't mean What they used to, what they used to mean They were once so inspiring Now they're just routine And I'm afraid the masquerade is over It's all over, yeah And so is love And so is love Yeah, yeah No, you want me to play Pagliacci And get myself a clown's disguise And learn to laugh like Pagliacci With tears, oh tears Tears in my eyes Oh you, you look You look the same Oh, but I know, I know, I know, I know You're not the same You're not the same And my heart cries no, no, no, no, no, no You're not You're not the same And I'm afraid the masquerade is over It's all over And so is love And so is love Yeah yeah, oh-whoa, oh-whoa, whoa Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah Oh whoa, whoa No, no, no, no No, you want me to play Pagliacci And get myself, myself a clown's, a clown's disguise And learn to laugh like Pagliacci Hahaha But I want no tears In my pretty brown eyes Oh you look, you look, you looked You look the same But I know, I know I know you're not the same And my heart, my heart Cries no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no You're not, you're not, you're not You're not the same You're not the same, oh And I'm afraid this masquerade is over Over And so is love And so is love And, and so is love You know that dress you left in my closet? I want you to take that And you know those shoes That you have under my bed I want you to take those And take that dog with you That ate of my shoes And so is love And so is love And, and so is love And, and so is love Thank you Stormy