It was a criss-cross affair of the heart
It was fixed up and foxed up from the start
The beginning was the middle
And the ending was the start
Of a criss-cross affair of the heart

Oh, honey, it's time for us to move
Admit there's nothing left to prove
If we go one more time
Around the lackawanna line
There'll be no roses for me or you

Oh, honey, that old love stone in your heart
Has been lyin' to you right from the start
But now we're in it to the neck
So, babe, don't hold the deck
It's high time to turn another card

It was a criss-cross affair . . .

Lovin' you was a two-way affair
Up and down and then this way and there
Baby, we never had a prayer
This ziggin' and this zaggin'
This loving' and this raggin'

Was a criss-cross affair . . .