A Song For You

I'll say goodbye to love

No one ever cared if i should live or die

Time and time again the chance for love has passed me by

And all i know of love is how to live without it

I just can't seem to find it



So i've made my mind up

I must live my life alone

And though it's not the easy way

I guess i've always know



I'd say goodbye to love

There are no tomorrows for this heart of mine

Surely time will lose these bitter memories

And i'll find that there is someone to believe in

And to live for something i could live for



All the years of useless search

Have finally reached an end

Loneliness and empty days will be my only friend

From this day love is forgotten

I'll go on as best i can



What lies in the future is a mystery to us all

No one can predict the wheel of fortune as it falls

There may come a time when i will see that i've been wrong

But for now this is my song



And it's goodbye to love

I'll say goodbye to love

Everybody always ask me

How i got to play so fine

And friends, i'm gonna tell ya

It really did take some time



Yes, after years and years of practice

And a case of real bad knees

While the other guys were out playin' with the football

I was home bangin' on the keys

And it got me



(*) right where i am

This is me

Playing the piano

I hope ya like what i do

It's for you

And i'll try and sing right too



I guess i'm really very lucky

That i've got this thing to play

'cause it can really make me feel good

Even when it's cloudy and grey



Yes, after years and years of practice

And awful allergies that made me sneeze

And now the other guys are out playin' with their girlfriends

And i was still bangin' on the keys

And it got me



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Listen to the song he sings

Can't you see his music brings her

Crystal sleep



As her heavy eyelids fall

He's taking her to where the dolls

Rule the world



And in that land of make believe

Is where he'll leave her sleeping

Softly warm

In a crystal lullaby



He's weaving her a paper castle

Where dancing clowns with tassels made of fur

Welcome her into their world

That lives inside the dreams

Of every little girl



She's guarded by a brave tin soldier

Sitting on her shoulder

Taken there

In a crystal lullaby



Sometimes when i listen to

The velvet song that fills the summer afternoon

Something deep within me sighs

And wishes for the peaceful skies

Of long ago



(*) that wrapped my cares

In silver air

And carried them away

Leaving me ...

And a crystal lullaby



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Instrumental

I've been so many places in my life and time

I've sung a lot of songs i've made some bad rhyme

I've acted out my love in stages

With ten thousand people watching

But we're alone now and i'm singing this song for you



I know your image of me is what i hope to be

I've treated you unkindly but darlin' can't you see

There's no one more important to me

Darlin' can't you please see through me

Cause we're alone now and i'm singing this song for you



(*) you tought me precious secrets of the truth withholding nothing

You came out in front and i was hiding

But now i'm so much better and if my words don't come together

Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding



(**) i love you in a place where there's no space or time

I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine

And when my life is over remember when we were together

We were alone and i was singing this song for you



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We were alone and i was singing this song for you

Day after day, i must face a world of strangers
Where i don't belong, i'm not that strong
It's nice to know that there's someone i can turn to
Who will always care, you're always there

(*) when there's no gettin' over that rainbow
When my smallest of dreams won't come true
I can take all the madness the world has to give
But i won't last a day without you

So many times when the city seems to be
Without a friendly face, a lonely place
It's nice to know that you'll be there if i need you
And you'll always smile, it's all worthwhile

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Touch me and i end up singing
Trouble seems to up and disappear
You touch me with the love you're bringing
I can't really lose when you're near
When you're near, my love

If all my friends have forgotten half their promises they're not unkind, just
Hard to find
One look at you and i know
That i must learn to live without the rest
I've found the best

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