How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
Well if friends with their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
Then I can't help but have my suspicions
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem.
And you said you was never intending
To break up our scene this a-way
But there ain't any use in pretending.
It could happen to us any day.
How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
Oh, your friends with their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme.
But I can't help but have my suspicions
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem.
Oh, you said you was never intending
To break up our scene this a-way,
But there ain't any use in pretending.
It could happen to us any day.
And how long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
How long?
How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
How long?
How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
Then I can't help but have my suspicions
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem.
And you said you was never intending
To break up our scene this a-way
But there ain't any use in pretending.
It could happen to us any day.
How long has this been going on?
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme.
But I can't help but have my suspicions
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem.
Oh, you said you was never intending
To break up our scene this a-way,
But there ain't any use in pretending.
It could happen to us any day.
How long has this been going on?
How long?
How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
How long?
How long has this been going on?
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I thought for the longest time that it was a song about a secretive partner, but it's actually written about Ace bassist Terry Comer, who was working with other bands around the time the song was penned. The lyric line "to break up our singing this way" has been interpreted in other parts as "to break up our scene this way", and also "to break up our scene in this way". A YouTube video confirms that it is indeed "scene in this way"...that is, if the group didn't alter the lyrics for that live performance...:-)
Wow, can't believe there aren't any comments.
This song was sung by Paul Carrack (famous with Mike + The Mechanics). It's about the fluctuating nature of the band and how many members they went through.
It can also be interpreted as a man confronting his cheating lover who had been keeping secrets from him.
This is an awesome song,...kinda haunting, especially when you find out people were doing things behind your back,..
This is an awesome song,...kinda haunting, especially when you find out people were doing things behind your back,..
@blackwolfj31 The Ace version of this song (as shown in the title for this page) easily predates the existence of Mike and Mechanics who simply covered it. It was originally written in 1974 and to my recollection (foggy as it may be) it was quite popular in it's day.
@blackwolfj31 The Ace version of this song (as shown in the title for this page) easily predates the existence of Mike and Mechanics who simply covered it. It was originally written in 1974 and to my recollection (foggy as it may be) it was quite popular in it's day.