It's a short-term affair
You're my childrens' au-pair
But I just couldn't bear
To keep my hands off you

I was barely eighteen
What you did was obscene
But to me, it felt clean
What else was I to do?

The memory still lingers
You cooking the kids' fish fingers
Ironing

Each morning you'd come down
In your paisley dressing gown
Then you'd see [?]
And this yearning started
For a short-term affair
No intention to stray
I was caught in your snare
But my wife was away
You were so debonair
So I thought what the hey
I know I can't resist

It was a short-term affair
You're the man, you're the boss
When I found you right there
Like the father I lost
Cleaning our silverware
So to hell with the cost
Right there I was [?]

You took me to the kitchen
Your hands kind of started twitching
I felt so shy
Nothing could stop what followed
Right before me, you swallowed
Every lie
But lord knows why we had
This short-term affair

Just a short-term affair
Like a red Camembert
There's a smell in the air

I know that it's over now
Try to be strong somehow
I'll start a brand-new life
Please, please don't tell my wife
But I won't stop loving you
Please, please don't tell my wife
Au revoir, ciao, auf wiedersehen
We must never meet again

Short-term affair
Ooh
Short-term affair
Baby, baby, baby
Short-term affair
Ooh, ah-ah
Short-term affair