I'm getting ready to let you go Oh, I'm getting ready to let you go I have lost my self-respect I'm getting ready, I'm getting ready Oh, baby, I'm getting ready My hands are shakin' My heart's unsteady Oh, how I once loved you so I know all the magic's

I’ll take care of you 'Cause I’ve loved and I’ve lost Know you’ve been hurt by someone else I can tell by the way you carry yourself If you let me, here’s what I’ll do I’ve had mine, you’ve had yours, we both know I've loved and I've lost I’ve asked

Night after night, day after day It is knowing, it is knowing My darling, I loved you I long to become you And know what it is that you gave We dance the sorrow Forgive me tomorrow And I pray night after night and day after day Would you watch my body

What's killing me Is that I'm killing you You loved me for all the wrong reasons I'm not the same as I used to be There's nothing but pain left here, I know It's killing me, It's killing me All the wrong reasons There's nothing but pain left here I know

Been far away for far too long 'Cause you know, you know, you know That I love you I've loved you all along And I miss you I keep dreaming you'll be with me And you'll never go Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore So far away, so far away

Who knows how long I've loved you You know I love you still Will I wait a lonely lifetime If you want me to-- I will. For if I ever saw you I didn't catch your name But it never really mattered I will always feel the same. Love you forever and forever

(I, I keep on missing, I, I keep on missing) "You won't find another like me" Maybe I shoulda loved harder I look for love, but there's a space inside my mind Where I keep on missing you, I keep on missing you If you've seen enough, know that I'll be

And I love ya When the rain came I thought you'd leave 'Cause I knew how much you loved the sun But you chose to stay, stay and keep me warm Through the darkest nights I've ever known If the mandolin wind couldn't change a thing Then I know I love ya Oh

Bet he feels like an elephant Shaking his big grey trunk for the hell of it You know that you're dreaming about being loved by him Too bad your chances are slim And it’s not like Mr. Shock To get shy when I ask who always is on top? There must be

We said we'd both loved higher than we knew we could go But still the hardest part is knowing when to let go You wanted to go higher, higher, higher We burned too bright, now the fire's gone, watch it all fall down We burned too bright, now the fire's