You live above the bakery on Lygon Street, With a borrowed key and a room too neat. You leave your blue coat on the kitchen chair, And swear you were never really there. I made you up from the tram ride home, Now every red light says I’m not alone. My imaginary girlfriend knows my name, She rolls her eyes when I play the same old game. She kisses me once, then catches the train, And leaves me talking to the windowpane. My imaginary girlfriend, perfectly untrue, I spend the whole night making plans with you. You hate my friends and you love cheap wine, You draw little maps on the back of mine. At the corner shop you wave from aisle 3, Then disappear when they look at me. I bought two tickets for a band next week, You said “don’t wait up” in a voice I speak. My imaginary girlfriend knows my name, She rolls her eyes when I play the same old game. She kisses me once, then catches the train, And leaves me talking to the windowpane. My imaginary girlfriend, perfectly untrue, I spend the whole night making plans with you. If I stop inventing, will the silence win? If I leave the door unlocked, will you walk in? There’s one clean glass beside the sink, And I keep filling it before I think. My imaginary girlfriend knows my name, She laughs so hard that the weather starts to change. She kisses me once, then catches the train, I wave from the platform like I’m sane. My imaginary girlfriend, perfectly untrue… Tomorrow I’ll make somebody new. Somebody new (ooh-ooh), Somebody new (ooh-ooh). You’ll have a different coat, But I’ll know it's you.
