They met in a karaoke barnJack was singing Lola in a long black wignThe TV screen with the lines from the songnCaught the reflection of a girlnHe caught her eye and he went wrongnShe laughed while he apologizednnSo they started talking to each othernMary's friends listening from beyondnAnd shaking their headsnShe had on half a smile as she looked away from himnHe was falling victim to her every whimnThe barman sighed, a tear in his eyennSo they kissed that night and she took him homenThough they were strangers he held her so tenderlynBut she thought it might be fun to string him alongnShe knew it wasn't right; she didn't think it was wrongnShe'd stop before he was in love with hernShe didn't stop to think she might fall in love with himnnWell it went on for a week, a month, a yearnMary somehow forgot to break it offnNow she felt so trapped and she didn't know whynShe was so sure that she loved him though it started as a lienWhen she realised she broke down and told himnHe already knew - he'd read it in her diary the day beforennIt turned out that he was the same as hernLiving a lie on automatic pilotnNow they didn't know what to donThey didn't know who they werenMary tried to smile, Jack slipped his hand into hersnThe barman would have been surprised