I made my selection from the lonely hit parade    In the town where time stood still    I was feeling very little pain    Until some joker played "Almost Persuaded"    Now every girl I see    Looks so much prettier to me    My faithfulness has faded    And their looks established daggers    And the conversation heated    Since the boys had all been late    I found them walking round defeated    In the town where time stood still       Somebody in charge must have pretended    The future's been suspended    And I say I don't want trouble    But I find myself back in it    In the town where time stood still    I am the man of the minute       Teach me to say "I love you"    I'll teach you to say "You will do"    In the town where time stood still    A way that I can find a little girl    To wind me up with all the usual spells       There's nothing else to do but rearrange somebody's future    And check your figures in the till    The bar is full of girls just like the creature with the curse    And the food is just like cabaret and vice versa    In the town where time stood still    Just as my heart (went down) sinking    I found the town was shrinking       And suddenly I saw her through the smoke and empty beers    In the town where time stood still    She might have well have waited years       Now I suppose we did some things we used to do    But no amount of darkness could ever turn her into you       And so I woke up in the town where time stood still    With a headache and a heartache    And a handful of pills    A welcome mat, a scandal rag and unpaid bills       With her head inside her handbag    The sign says "please wait to be seated"    I only want a cup of coffee    I know you can't have your cake and eat it    In the town where time stood still       Did you hear the news today?    It's all bad; they'll be howling after sunset    With a headache and a heartache    And an hour or two to kill    I only wish we were together...    In the town where time stood still