call up, ring once, hang up the phone
to let me know you made it home
don’t want nothing to be wrong with part-time lover

if she isn’t with me i’ll blink the lights
to let you know tonight’s the night
for me and you my part-time lover

we are undercover passion on the run
chasing love up against the sun
we are strangers by day, lovers by night
knowing it’s so wrong, but feeling so right

if i’m with friends and we should meet
just pass me by, don’t even speak
know the word’s “discreet” with part-time lovers

but if there’s some emergency
have a male friend to ask for me
so then she won’t peek its really you my part-time lover

we are undercover passion on the run
chasing love up against the sun
we are strangers by day, lovers by night
knowing it’s so wrong, but feeling so right

we are undercover passion on the run
chasing love up against the sun
we are strangers by day, lovers by night
knowing it’s so wrong, but feeling so right

i’ve got something that i must tell
last night someone rang our doorbell
and it was not you my part-time lover

and then a man called our exchange
but didn’t want to leave his name
i guess that two can play the game
of part-time lovers
you and me, part-time lovers
but, she and he, part-time lovers

(Part-Time Lover, Stevie Wonder,  album In Square Circle)

Ingin rasanya aku katakan kata-kata paling benar yang hendak kusampaikan kepadamu, tapi aku tak berani. Aku takut engkau tidak akan mempercayainya.
Itulah sebabnya mengapa aku kaburkan kata-kataku dalam dusta, mengatakan yang sebaliknya dari apa yang aku maksudkan.
Kujadikan kepedihanku tampak aneh. Karena takut engkau akan menjadikannya hal yang serupa untukku.

Ingin rasanya aku gunakan kata-kata paling tepat yang kusediakan untukmu,
tapi aku tak berani. Aku takut ia tidak akan terbalas dengan harga yang setara.
Itulah sebabnya kupakai kata-kata yang kasar kepadamu dan kusombongkan kekuatanku kukuh padu.
Kulukai dirimu, karena takut engkau belum pernah mengenal rasa kepedihan.

Ingin rasanya aku duduk membisu di dekatmu,
tapi aku tak berani. Aku takut kalau hatiku meluncur ke bibirku.
Itulah sebabnya aku berbicara melantur-lantur tak tentu arahnya dan menyembunyikan hatiku di balik kata-kata.

Kuperlakukan kepedihanku dengan kasar.
karena aku takut kekhawatiranku menjadi tampak olehmu.

(Radindranath Tagore)