[Verse 1] Rainy night again Caught the late show by chance Had nowhere else to be anyway Hmm Bogart always gets it right Lucky him, lucky me Bought a Coke and missed the train Thinking you might still be here Same city, under the same rain [Pre-Chorus] Remember? You loved that part Where he lets her walk away Well, watching it again now Looks a little like us Just with better things to say [Chorus] They always know when to turn around Just before that perfect end Runway lights cut through the fog There they are, a perfect frame We didn't get the orchestra No last kiss, no perfect line You went your way, oh, I went mine We weren't made for black and white [Verse 2] Remember those days When we first settled in L.A. You came home smelling like pancakes I worked night after night on a studio lot And we'd complain about the rent All those ordinary things We thought were permanent [Pre-Chorus] I couldn't tell you when it changed Don't think you do either One day we were planning years ahead Then we weren't headed the same way [Chorus] They had Paris, we had L.A. They thought tomorrow was already there A few words told him it had changed We had our time, but missed the end No last scene to tell us when No final words to get just right You went your way, oh, I went mine Who can make our different dreams align [Bridge] If this were one of those old films I'd catch you at the station Say the thing I should've said You'd look at me that way Real life never gave us cues We just had to guess at it [Final Chorus] They always know when to turn around Just before that perfect end Runway lights cut through the fog There they are, a perfect frame We didn't get the orchestra No last kiss, no perfect line You went your way, oh I went mine We weren't made for black and white They had their story frame by frame We had ours day by day Still, foolish me standing here I give it one more minute Just in case it's you I see Beneath the Rialto lights Its name reflected in the rain Oh, that golden era of love What a soft and bitter night
