Chicago Xxi

I understand there's no future for us here
Guess i fooled myself into thinking there was
Now you've made it clear
It'll never be right
Guess we knew it all along
Now we've got to say good-bye and i've got to be strong
So tell me one more time how it's better for the both of us
Tell me one more time how we'll hurt each other if we stay
Tell me one more time then darling there's just one more thing
Before you walk away
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Explain it to my heart
It's better that we're over now
Tell me one more time this is the way that it's supposed to be
Tell me that i'm better off without you
How it's better to forget about you
Darling i understand
Now won't you please explain it to my heart

Now if i try i can see the reasons why
Why we can't stay together and i might convince my mind
But it's breaking my heart to know i've got to let you go
To find that i must leave behind the only love i've known
Well i can tell myself that i never really needed you
I can tell myself that it's better just to say good-bye
I can tell myself a thousand lies
But tell me now
Tell me how do i
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Say that i'll be better
If we don't stay together
Say that i'll be better off free
But don't say it to me
Explain it to my heart...

I picture you on the beach
Lying in the sand
Out of reach of my trembling hands
I picture you in a car
Blonde hair in the wind
I picture you in my arms
And the touch of your skin
The smile on your face
The way that you taste
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You come to my senses
Every time i close my eyes
I have no defenses
You come to my senses
I can't stop this ache inside
I have no defenses
You come to my senses

Driving home in the cold
January rain
I've got to find my way out of this pain
I reached for you in the night
I dreamed of your kiss
I woke before it got light
With your name on my lips
Alone in my bed
Your voice in my head
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I picture you in my arms
And the touch of your skin
The smile on your face
The way that you taste
You come to my senses
Every time i close my eyes
I have no defenses
You come to my senses
I can't stop this ache inside
Oh, i have no defenses
You come to my senses
Ah...

All i do is think about you
I never did let go of what we were
Can't pretend i'll live without you
As i learn to live alone
Why can't i be a man about it
I've tried and tried to hide you from my heart
If i could just forget about us
If i knew just where to start
You're still my destiny
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What does it take
To win you back
To hold in these arms once more
What can i say
To make you understand
You're still all i'm waiting for

At times i feel it's best without you
And times i still believe in you so much
After what i've been through without you
You'd think that i'd move on
But you're still my destiny
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What does it take
'cause we can't go back
Can't be like it was before
What does it take
To win you back
To hold in these arms
What does it take
What will it take now
You're still my destiny
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I'm movin' too fast, the pace of things has got to change
I never have time to think of words i want to say
I look around me, i don't know who really knows
What does it matter anyway?
Sometimes i feel like i've got a heart made out of stone
And somedays i feel so alone
When nobody sees what's going on anymore
If i could just know that someone's there
One from the heart that's all it takes
One to hold you, one who knows you
One to one together
One from the heart, one for each day
One to lean on, one to keep on
Keep on getting stronger the more i see your face

It's never too late to get to where i want to go
It's never too late to get to love someone
All that i need is to be more than yesterday
And all i can give along the way
One from the heart that's all it takes
One to hold you, one who knows you
One to one together
One from the heart, one for each day
One to lean on, one to keep on
The words you will remember
The words you'll hear me say
It's all about love
It's all about give and take

The sun is coming up
But i don't see the light
I keep goin' on and on
Thinking 'bout where we went wrong
I've always heard that love
Could stand the test of time
But somethin' that we had is gone
Maybe we just stayed too long
I wish that i could lie
And tell myself it's alright
It was nothing at all
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Somebody, somewhere
Is falling in love tonight
Is it nothing at all
Somebody, somewhere
Is saying their last goodbyes
I gotta know
Is it the same when it comes
And when love goes

Where do i go from here
Don't know where to turn
Will you find another face
Or disappear in yesterday
Should i hold on
Should i let all the memories go
Was it nothing at all
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She comes and goes...
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You hear a sound as she's leaving
You'll hear your heart pound so hard
You'll miss her warm touch and the way things once were
It's such a cold town when you miss her
It's not the same place no more
When it's hard to mend what's broken
And you still can't let her go
Beyond the storm there's an answer
Beyond the nights you spend alone
Beyond the headlights and the highways you go
You'll take a long ride without her
Until the tears dry away
In every way you try to reason
When there's no reason left to hold
Only time can heal the wounded of love
Any day now time will tell
Only love can turn it all around again
There's no heart that time can't heal

Whatever pieces you're missing
Whatever you leave behind
However you look at things they do change
It's not the same conversation
It's not the way that it was
There'll be one less tear tomorrow
There'll be one less night alone
Only time can heal the wounded of love
Any day now time will tell
Only love can turn it all around again
There's no heart that time can't heal
Only time can heal the wounded of love
There's no heart that time can't heal