[Verse 1]
We met out on open streets when we had no place to go
I remember how my heart beat when you said "I love you so"
Then little by little, we choked out all the life that our love could hold
Oh no

[Chorus]
It was like we had a noose and baby, without check
We pulled 'til it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when
Well baby, you can meet me tonight on the loose end

[Verse 2]
We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby, we ran
There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand
And when the night closed in, I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know
But oh no

[Chorus]
It was like we had a noose and baby, without check
We pulled 'til it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when
Well baby, you can meet me tonight on the loose end

[Saxophone Solo]
[Verse 3]
Our love has fallen around us like we said it never could
We saw it happen to all the others, but to us, it never would
Well, how could something so bad, darlin', come from something that was so good?
I don't know

[Chorus]
It was like we had a noose and baby, without check
We pulled 'til it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darlin', to say when
Well baby, you can meet me tonight on the loose end

[Outro]
On the loose end
On the loose end
On the loose end
On the loose end
On the loose end
On the loose end
On the loose end
On the loose end