You know sometimes There come a time in your life When you love something You got to let it go And even though You might feel there's still something there You have to wake up Stop leaving in a dream Cause it's over now You got to think about you I have always wondered why Why I can't live without you babe And I'm longing to be your lady I understand that you are leaving Please don't live here without me baby Cause I think I might go insane 1 - Cause everybody needs someone to love And I know that it's true And I know that it's you I don't understand Why you can't be my man So I better wake up Stop living in a dream Yes I better wake up Cause I can't lose the love I never had Yeah I better wake up As painful as it seems Yes I better wake up I can not lose the love I never had Every time I close my eyes I see visions of you and I Sharing love of a special kind I got to laugh to keep from crying To hide all the pain inside Cause I can't get you off my mind Repeat 1 Oh, it made me realize I don't want to live apart But you don't know how hard I tried What do I have to lose? Oh I think a little bit more than you And I doubt that you will see things Clearly before it's too late Repeat 1 Never had, never had, never had Break it down, break it down Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh All the times I've cried It made me realize That I was holding on to a lie But you don't know how hard I tried To make sure you were satisfy yeah Cause I thought you were only mine And I doubt you will see things clearly Before it's too late, too late, too late I don't understand why you can't be my man Oh everybody needs somebody to love Everybody needs somebody yeah Oh, do do do... Baby, baby, baby I can't live with you And I doubt you will see things clearly Before it's too late, yeah Oh you hurt me so, you hurt me so Love that I that I never had I can't lose, I can't lose I can not lose, I can not lose Oh I can't lose a love I never had
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