You must be alive 'cause you cashed the check So if you don't mind Indulge me while I find a way to tell you I think we both know how it's gonna be You'll go running away And surely I'll come chasing after Well I'm not gonna fall for the same old tricks You try to play on me, Carrie So cry yourself to sleep, Carrie We tried to keep the peace But it got out of our hands before we Could stop to breathe Seven months before I heard a thing Then I see the ring I gave you In a Third Street pawn-shop window Later on that year, you strike again Standing at my front door asking For some T-shirt you think I borrowed Is there any way to take the high road When down is where it leads, Carrie Stop fighting endlessly, Carrie We tried to keep the peace But it got out of our hands before we Could stop to breathe Some people say distance makes the heart grow fonder But repetition will leave a heart frosted over Carrie, this time the ice isn't breaking Carrie Drop your weapons and retreat, Carrie I'm not the enemy And you're a question mark When an answer's what I need, Carrie So we'll leave it incomplete, Carrie We tried to keep the peace But it got out of our hands before we Could stop to breathe