SWEET ALIBIS
Marvin Hamlisch / Carole Bayer Sager  1977

as rec by Carmen McRae

also rec by Carole Bayer Sager '77


Can't take no more of your sweet alibis,
Yesterday's lies,
Friendless goodbyes;
I've had my fill of your sweet alibis,
when I look in your eyes
It's driving me crazy!

Four in the mornin', and I hear you comin' in,
Trying to pretend I don't know where you've been.
How could the fire suddenly go bad,
Or am I losing something I never had?

Each night I lay so cold in your arms,
Tellin' myself, "Used to love me!";
And every day gets harder to hide,
Something has died
And it's driving me crazy!
Ooh, it's drivin' me crazy!
Yeah, driving me crazy!

And though I know I'd be better alone,
I just can't let go of the best love I've known;
But could I live without your sweet alibis?
Don't look in my eyes,
You're drivin' me crazy!
Ooh-ooh, you're drivin' me crazy!
Yeah yeah, you're drivin' me crazy!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - June 2011)