This is a co-written song by Corky Laing and Hunter and it is a love gone wrong type of song in that the couple has nothing to say to another as in a silent movie. It is about communication that breaks down.
Silent Movie
(Corky Laing/Ian Hunter)
Well the school bell rings
I carried your things
Getting on the yellow bus
With the whole world watching us
And our love was like a silent movie
Ain't got nothing to say
Our love was like a silent movie
I wish we could have kept it that way
Now the door bell rings
I'm gonna get my things
Take another bright (?)
At the lion's side
Cause our love was like a silent movie
Ain't got nothing to say
Our love was like a silent movie
That's the all-American way
Silent Movie
And our love was like a silent movie
There's nothing to say
Our love was like a silent movie
And that's the all-American way
And our love was like a silent movie
There's nothing to say
Our love was like a silent movie
I wish we could have kept it that way
Our love was like a silent movie
Silent movie
Our love was like a silent movie
I wish we could have kept it that way
| Silent Movie | 3:20 | This collaboration (Laing/Hunter/Ronson/Pappalardi) can be found on The Secret Sessions (not on the box set). |