The way you almost held my hand, dear The time you kissed my cheek The words that never left your lips, love But I heard week after week The waltzes that we left untaken The glances drove us mad The life we didn't live together And the love that we

I read the news today, oh boy I'd love to turn you on About a lucky man who made the grade And though the news was rather sad Well I just had to laugh I saw the photograph He blew his mind out in a car He didn't notice that the lights had changed A crowd

Chainsmoking your love It's getting harder to breathe Can't be good for my sanity Can't be good for my lungs I know my lease is up and the bailiff's at the door And still I'm hanging on to the life we had before I know this cold love won't lead me to the

You might fall and find the love of your life, heavenly But she'll catch you in her web The love of your life, yeah Feel the fire where she walks Lola Montez so beautiful Shady and a tempered dame Blinding your eyes with her spider dance Wherever she

Everything happens to me. Your answer was goodbye and there was even postage due. I fell in love just once, and then it had to be with you. I make a date for golf, and you can bet your life it rains. I try to give a party, and the guy upstairs complains.

Didn't we almost have it all When love was all we had worth giving? The ride with you was worth the fall my friend Loving you makes life worth living The night we held on till the morning You know you'll never love that way again Remember when we held on

How can we say we're still in love and not be lovers? How did we get here, where you can be right there And I can be with you and miss you? Had a bottle of wine and a perfectly fine dinner Talk about school, work, life and how cold it was last winter Lay

And somehow you left me neglected We've found our life's been changed We've lost it all The love is gone And we had magic And this is tragic You couldn't keep your hands to yourself I feel like our world's been infected, And though we tried

She let it slip away, away, away They all feel the same 'Cause no one will love you like her Adjust to the fame And die with a smile She has no recollection Of the life she had without me It's so sad it had to be this She forgot the good things about me

For your lights to shine on me For your song inside of me This we bring to you Here I stand so patiently In the shadow of love Time goes by leaving me helpless Just to reach and try To live my life These are my reasons