Sweet little girl, she's the high school queen She lives tonight, in every school boys' dream Oh, but nobody knows how she's cryin' She's just a child goin' on seventeen
She gets so confused by her friends and their scenes They don't mean what they say They don't say what they mean She reads the signs, reads between the lines But it makes no difference There's no reason or rhyme
Just hold on girl, as long as you can In time you'll learn what you don't understand It's the human condition, it's the nature of man
This city boy, he don't want no control He just wanna party and play his rock 'n' roll But here they come to turn the pressure on Say'n son, your partyin' days are gone
The time has come now to be a man Find your place in the world, gotta take what you can You've got no ambition, take a look at yourself When ya gonna straighten out, be like everybody else
The boy said listen dad, you're bringin' me down I am who I am, I've had a good look around There's one thing in the world I can tell you I've found
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There ain't no wonder things are so outta hand Sooner or later, ya come to understand The human condition, it's the nature of man
Our love, can last forever True hearts, can beat as one Lost souls, I've seen their faces Girl after the fire is gone
Torn hearts, dreams are broken Love shattered before their eyes Did they run when runnin' was easy Or do they know where the secret lies
We've got so much more to say And far too much to lose Girl if we try to find a way Before this night is through
[Chorus:] Save our love, stay a little longer Save our love, stay a little longer Save our love
Look deep, and feel the power Rescue love from a stormy sea We can reach through the distance between us Precious time is all we need
And a dream is not enough When it's not worth fightin' for For all we've given to our love Tonight we've gotta give it more
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Save our love, stay a little longer Save our love, stay a little longer Save our love, stay and make it stronger Save our love
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Save our love, stay a little longer Save our love, stay a little longer Save our love, stay and make it stronger Save our love, save our love, save our love
I can't get you back, but I can't turn away from you Our love is a fact Though I've tried to deny it, like you wanted me to I brake on the streets The people they stop and stare Was it only a dream, you said you must leave So why do you follow me everywhere
I run for my life, can't break away from your spell Ya know it cuts deep inside, oh it's like heaven and hell
[Chorus:] Can't turn it off, can't turn it off, I said I can't turn it off, why do you follow me Can't turn it off, ya turned it on and now I Can't turn it off
If I'm goin' down, I'm sure to go down in flames I wait for your sound I look for you now and I can't hold you to blame
I know you feel guilty, for things we've said and done To you I'm a moment of fire in your life But it's different for me, you're the only one
I run for my life, can't break away from your spell Ya know it cuts deep inside, oh it's like heaven and hell
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The sound of your voice is all I can hear I still see your face, it's all I can bear Knowing wherever I run, you'll always be there
You and I sailed away to a place We once called paradise We were young and deep in our love And we never needed lies
So here we stand face to face Knowing we've drifted apart As for myself, there'll be nobody else Who'll ever touch this place in my heart
[Chorus:] You just call my name And I'll come runnin' for you in the night Just call my name And I'll come runnin' right back into your life If you ever need my love, call my name
Will ya call the love we shared Just a moment passing in time It was a moment I can never forget And a love that was so hard to find
There are no chains to hold you down I told you a long time ago If the time has come for movin' on There's one thing I need you to know
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If you feel you need my love And it's time we start over again
Don't wanna lose this feelin' It's more than I need to survive Just when I stopped believin' That's when you came into my life
Ya turned it around, within you I found Everything that's real to me I'm lost inside your love And that's just where I wanna be
[Chorus:] Everytime you give your love, it's a fire, it's a miracle Everytime I feel your love in my life, I know it's a miracle You've got the power, you know it To touch my every fantasy When we make love, you show it In everything you give me
So take what you want, take what you will You're the one who holds the key To open up the door, to reach the deepest part of me
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Everytime you give your love, it's a fire Everytime I feel your love in my life, I know it's a miracle Everytime, everytime
Just when I stopped believin', girl, you stepped into my life Ya give me the fire I needed It was so hard to find, you're givin' it everytime
One night, one empty room One man getting over you One star, one lonely moon I make a wish I know will never come true
You'll call my name And you'll beg me to hold you again But the truth remains And I'm only a fool who can't help but pretend
[Chorus:] It's all over but I'm holding on I can't let go till the love is gone It's all over but I keep holding on With a desperate heart My desperate heart
Some nights I try in my mind To see myself loving someone new Still I know I'm wasting my time No one can ever take the place of you
So I close my eyes I swear I feel you here by my side Bet it's all, it's only a lie That I need to believe for my heart to survive
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All this time I've been drowning in hopeless illusion I've been keeping inside That someday you'll walk out of the shadows And back into my life
Everynight, I would lie awake Alone in my bed Think of you, then I'd cry myself To sleep, that's what you said You were so sure of yourself By now I'd be out of my mind So where is the madness The pain and the sadness You swore you'd be leavin' behind
[Chorus:] Start breaking my heart Start bringin' me down Start breaking my heart Like you said you'd do to me Start breaking my heart Tearin' me apart, breaking my heart Start breaking my heart
Lookin' back, you were good at diggin' Into my soul All the time, oh I should've understood You just needed control Finally you realized, how much you were Foolin' yourself Ya thought you'd desert me Thought you could hurt me By leavin' me for somebody else
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You're breaking your promise to me You swore I'd be fallin' apart
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You've been gone girl, I don't even Know how long Come on and prove me wrong You can start by breaking my heart Breaking my heart, breaking my heart
Here ya come with that song on your face Telling me with tears in your eyes How ya made a big mistake Now ya say ya realize Was I just suppose to fade away Into the lonely night
Just waitin' for the day You would say you've learned your lesson well Livin' without my love was hell And I would believe every word that you say But I know when I just look in your eyes
[Chorus:] You don't want me bad enough You don't want me bad enough right now I don't think you've had enough Baby you don't want me bad enough right now
Maybe you could take some time Think about the plans we once made Before ya put your dreams on the line Think about the price to be paid Was I suppose to open up the door
And carry on just like it was before I hope you understand it's not the end But I'm not goin' through this scene again And I do believe every word that you say But I know when I just look in your eyes
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Love you'll learn, is a double-edged blade Now the tables are turned And it cuts both ways If you're ready for love Then I want you to stay But this time, yeh This time, I've gotta be sure, yeh
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You don't want me bad enough You don't want me bad enough
It's in your eyes Here we go again Tonight you're gonna come on strong Such a cryin' shame, the time we spend Over who's been right And who's been wrong There'll be no pretending this time Your eyes are like fire You'll swear it's the end of the line But you and I, we both know you're liar
[Chorus:] Don't tell me that it's over Don't tell me that we're through Don't tell me that it's over Don't try 'n tell me that it's over It isn't true Don't tell me that it's over 'Cause you can't say good-bye, any more Than I, can walk away from you
Ya say it's hard to love a man like me But baby now and then Ya do your fair share so easily You can push me to my limit And back again
Just when I can't take anymore And I've made up my mind I say I'm ready to walk out the door But somethin' keeps me from leavin' you behind
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There's a reason why After we've tried We're not runnin' to the arms of another
When all comes down We both know by now We just still mean too much to each other
Don't tell me, don't tell me Don't tell me it's over