Sucker for Mystery

[Intro]

(And I've always been a sucker for mystery

And I've always been a sucker for mystery

And I've always been a sucker for mystery

And I've always been a sucker for mystery)

[Verse 1]

So, I turn to the left and I turn to the right

But none of the answers are in sight

(So, I made a mistake maybe once or twice

And I can't even get to paradise)

And a priest came up to me and touched my face

He said, "Terrible things happen round this place"

(Such terrible things happen round this place

Such terrible things happen round this place)

No demon, no man has got a clue

But surely, son, the end will turn out right for you

('Cause I've always been a sucker for mystery

And I've always been a sucker for mystery)

[Verse 2]

There's a little boy walking up the stairs

Through a dark hallway that leads nowhere

He comes to a door and he's afraid to knock

He stoops down low and peers through the lock

And there's a tall man standing with a glistening knife

And he's stooping over something that has no life

So, with a stifled scream, he starts to turn away

But a strange little voice seems to whisper, "Stay"

He's always been a sucker for mystery

And he's always been...

[Chorus]

I don't want to say goodbye

I want to give it one more try

I don't want to say goodbye

I want to give it one more try

[Post-Chorus]

Won't somebody help? Won't somebody help?

I'm all alone now with nothing to do

And I'm all dressed up with nowhere to go

And I'm stuck with two tickets to an awful show

And my mouth's full of words, but I've got nothing to say

And I've been sitting in front of the TV set all day

And my head's in a vise, and it won't let up

And my feet won't move, and if that ain't enough

The telephone rings... ("Hello? Hello?")

[Verse 3]

I've seen children with such angry faces

When you look in their eyes, it makes you want to cry

(There's a time and a place for everything

There's a time and a place for everything)

Now, it doesn't seem fair

But who cares? They're someone else's

As long as they don't come close to mine

(There's a time and a place for everything

There's a time and a place for everything)

[Verse 4]

So, we packed our bags and went back to the hotel

In back of the squalor and the living hell

And they'll sell you this, and they'll sell you that

And they'll sell you their sister for a buck and a half

Such terrible things happen round this place

Such terrible things happen round this place

Such terrible things happen round this place

And people disappear without a trace

And I've always been a sucker for mystery

And I've always been...

[Verse 5]

Well, the mystery that intrigues me the most

Is the one that makes men give up hope

And the pride and the search for even little things

That might give a meaning or even a hint

'Cause how can a free man not have hope

When he hasn't even reached the end of his rope?

[Chorus]

I don't want to say goodbye

I want to give it one more try

I don't want to close the gate

I still think that it's not too late

I know when I reach the end

I want to start all over again

I don't want to...

[Chorus]

I don't want to say goodbye

(And I've always been a sucker for mystery

And I've always been a sucker for mystery

And I've always been a sucker for mystery

And I've always been a sucker for mystery)

I want to give it one more try

I don't want to say goodbye

(And I've always been a sucker for mystery)

(And I've always been a sucker for mystery)

(And I've always been a sucker for mystery)

(And I've always been a sucker for mystery)

I want to give it one more try

Don't, don't, don't want to

(Such terrible things happen round this place)

Don't, don't, don't want to

(Such terrible things happen round this place)

Don't, don't, don't want to

(Such terrible things happen round this place)

Don't, don't, don't want to

(And people disappear without a trace)

Don't want to say goodbye

(And I've always been a sucker for mystery

And I've always been a sucker for mystery)

Don't want to say goodbye

(And I've always been a sucker for mystery

And I've always been a sucker for mystery)

[Outro]

I don't want to say goodbye

I don't want to say goodbye

Don't want to say goodbye

Don't want to say goodbye

Don't want to say goodbye

Don't want to say goodbye

Don't want to say goodbye

Don't want to say goodbye...