Written by Elvis Costello
© Plangent Vision Music Inc (ASCAP)

I tried again to drive myself insane
I talk to myself but I don't listen
I found out what I was missing

I miss talking in the dark
Without you I'm not conversation
Oh without the sense of the occasion
Oh without you
I miss talking in the dark
When the barking and the biting are through
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We can talk like we're in love
Or we can talk above it
We can talk and talk
Until we talk ourselves out of it

I look for the new somebody to abuse
I look at myself but it's so chancy
I see things that I don't fancy

I miss talking in the dark
Without you I'm not conversation
Oh without the sense of the occasion
Oh without you
I miss talking in the dark