You say I'm hopelessly romantic
I'd say romantically hopeless 
You don't know me well 

Cause we just met at the station 
A shudder of vague frustration
Maybe that was so 

There is something beautiful
In things that cannot last
There is something beautiful 
In still believing that they do 

She went off to Paris
And i went back to my hometown 
I couldn't be by your side
I shouldn't have been by anyone's side 

Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo do

You say I'm terribly kind 
So we'll say kind of terrible
You all know me well

We spent a few days walking
And a few minutes talking
Maybe that was so 

There is something beautiful
In not knowing what could have been
There is something beautiful 
In not letting the thought go 

She went off to Paris
And i went back to my hometown 
I couldn't be by your side
I shouldn't have been by anyone's side 

Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo do 

Ideals 
Everything was right from the start
Nothing could tear us apart
Ideals 
Everything was right from the start
There was nothing to tear us apart
Ideals 
(Everything was right from the start
There was nothing to tear us apart)