Look at me, I'm in my glory   Like a child who loves a story   Pinching myself just to see   If you're really here with me      Nothing good can last for long   So when you feel like movin' on   Break it to me gently      How I wish that we could make   Love for as long as it can take   Wear each other out and then   Stop and start it all again      All my life I dreamt of this   And if a dream is all this is   Break it to me gently      And, I don't want to sound a bore   What will be, will be I know   But there's no harm in asking   When you have a beauty rare   Why can it not be everlasting?      Is it true what I hear whispered?   You get tired of men so quick   That it's now become a standing joke   How long will the next one cope?      If there isn't any doubt   And I'm the next to be kicked out   Break it to me gently      And I don't want to sound a bore   What will be will be I know   But there's no harm in asking   You've been through this all before   Could this one not be everlasting      Optimistic though I am   Things will remain the way they stand   Nevertheless there is this fear   You might one day disappear      I just hope that if it's true   You will have the decency too   Break it to me gently      If and when the time arrives   Don't just leave me high and dry   Break it to me gently   Break it to me gently