That in-between place... perfect for a pop song.

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That purgatory of relationships... then add a past one to the mix... that's a recipe for lovers' "limbo" ("lovers' purgatory" just wasn't as catchy)

The birthday boy and girl decide to paint the town
All the world's their stage but there's no one else around
Blow the candle out and make a wish
Only time will tell what the future brings
Maybe it's the scotch but beneath the din it's Lovers' Limbo

Never did they wane into mundane pretense
Tho' she never would admit she knew him in the biblical sense
She told him of a love gone astray
How she had it bad for him in the worst way
But he just let sleeping dogs lay in Lovers' Limbo

(Bridge)
Into the whirlwind they're spinnin' 'round and 'round -- Up and down
He's longin' to fly but she keeps him on the ground -- Way down

Lookin' in her eyes he can't deny the truth
All his lovers past release his deja vu
She's his albatross and she's his whale
The princess in his ugly fairy tale
Still he hopes that somehow he'll prevail from Lovers' Limbo

(Instr. from Bridge)

She's the author of this classic tragic comedy
He's the anti-hero dressed in professed modesty
She breathlessly sighs as they kiss
Remembering a long past birthday wish
About a distant lover left amidst the Lovers' Limbo

He silently cries himself to sleep
Her secret dark he vowed to keep
Sometimes we just dig ourselves too deep in Lovers' Limbo

Sometimes we can't escape our chosen fate, our Lovers' Limbo

(Instr. from Bridge)

December 1993
©Words and Music by Lorenzo D. Policelli