Stella, Dear lyrics

When Stella came back from the city

it was clear that something had gone wrong

whatever it was, wasn't pretty

whatever it was, it wouldn't be long

'Fore Stella turned her back on her mother

and Stella turned her back on her dad

and we all became such a bother

and that's the bit that really drove us mad

So we turned our backs and rolled our eyes

we heaved our stones and heaved our sighs

Then Stella turned her back on her sister

and Stella turned her back on her friends

we'd like to claim that we never missed her

but that's a lie that we can't defend

We know that tomorrow

there'll be know tomorrow

we'd like to be with her

but time you can't borrow

we know that she doesn't

want us 'round forever

we know that tomorrow

with her just means never

we know that she left us

we know that she's left us

But we didn't cry

no, we didn't cry

no, we didn't shed a tear

We didn't cry

no, we didn't cry

no, not for a steady year

We just turned our backs and rolled our eyes

we heaved our stones and heaved our sighs

but, we just wanted of her

to say

that she would have preferred

to stay

we'd rather watch her fall apart than

dare admit she broke our hearts

Yea, Stella turned her back on her sister

and Stella turned her back on her friends

we'd like to claim that we rarely missed her

but that's a lie I can't recommend

For Stella turned her back on her old man

and Stella turned her back on her mom

we'd like to say that we weren't yeomen

that we handled it with such great aplomb

We knew that to follow

would only smack of theft

we knew that to follow

would mean that we, too, left

but who knew tomorrow

would leave us so bereft

we knew that tomorrow

there'd be no tomorrow

we'd like to be with her

but time you can't borrow

we know that she doesn't

want us 'round forever

we know that tomorrow

with her just means never

we know that she left us

we know that she's left us

We didn't cry

no, we didn't cry

no, we didn't shed a tear

We didn't cry

no, we didn't cry

no, not for a steady year

We didn't cry

no, we didn't cry

no, we didn't shed a tear

We didn't cry

no, we didn't cry

no, not for Stella, dear