You Win -- I Lose Lyrics - Singles - Sayer Leo

Alan Tarney & Leo Sayer 

you win -- I lose 

that's how it all begins 

well I try so hard in these affairs of the heart 

but I know that I'll never win 

well I talk to you sweet like honey 

don't I treat you as nice as pie 

but I can't figure out when you scream and you shout 

why I have to apologize 

you win -- I lose 

that's how it always goes 

I came into this thing with my heart in a spin 

I went out with a broken nose 

you win -- I lose 

that's how it's meant to be 

well I tried all I can just to figure it out 

but love's just mystery 

guess all you ladies would call me easy 

but I'm a fool for the femme fatale 

when she flashes those eyes I'm not a man I'm a mouse 

tryin' to patch up a broken heart 

you win -- I lose 

that's okay that's the way it goes 

well I tried all I could but it did me no good 

'cos all I've got is nothin' to show 

they say that men are always supposed to act 

like they're not really tryin' 

but when I come on cool nobody seems to notice 

it's a mystery 

it's a mystery to me 

you see you win -- I lose 

I guess that's how we're meant to be 

I tried as hard as I could but it did me no good 

you're more than a match for me 

and it don't make no sense to me 

love is still a mystery 

it's just a mystery