Essential

I took chance, i took a fall
Waited on love 'til i could give it my all
Then i let my heart fly

Took a rose to her door
Stood there like a statue just sort of frozen by her presence
But i shyed (not sure of this line...)

Chorus:
Ain't it always that way
When you want to believe
Ain't it always that way
When you want and you need
Ain't it always that way
When you want to rely
Ain't it always that way
When you want and you need and you cry

Yes and then i took a space out of time
I don't wanna sound like a thief but the moment was mine and i stole it, it felt right

I took a chance, took a fall
Waited on love until i could give it my all
Then i let my heart fly

Chorus

Ain't it always that way
When you want to believe
Ain't it always that way
When you want and you need and you cry

Is today my lucky day
Are you gonna look my way
And see true love

If you're not sure he holds your heart
Don't let pride keep us apart
You need true love

Chorus:
True love is all i'm after
I long to hear your laughter
The only thing that matters
Is it's true love
It's true love

I hear your voice in every sound
You're never there when i turn around
I need true love

I can't quit and i won't give in
Until you're back in my arms again
We need true love

Chorus

When i look at you you look right through me
I wish you knew
What your love's done to me

Is today my lucky day
Are you gonna look my way
And see true love

Yeah...

Chorus

It's true love (repeat to fade)

Stars are falling from your eyes
You don't feel what i feel inside
Your hand is warm but your heart is cold
If you're hurtin' you don't let it show

How much longer can we go on
Actin' like there's nothin' wrong
How much farther can we drift apart
Before all the feeling is gone

Chorus:
I'm losing your love
It's slippin' away
Minute by minute
Day by day
Losing your love
Don't you think i know
It's a matter of time
'til you let go

I see the moon shinin' up above
Reminded me how good it was
There's a chill comin' over me
Why can't it be like it used to be

I feel so helpless, i can't make you stay
No matter how hard i try
I can't deny that look in your eyes
Tryin' to tell me goodbye

Chorus

Don't let go
Don't let go
Don't let go
Don't let go

Say you're sorry
You still care
She came by my place again
Cryin' about you man
You should love her
Twice as much
I try to remember you're a friend
But it's gettin' a little rough

1st chorus:
She's just tired
Of bein' cinderella
She can't live that way no more
She needs a little affection
A little understanding
You better be careful 'cause the next time she comes to my door
She won't be a cinderella no more

A teardrop trembled
On her face
Where that smile always was
It seemed out of place
And when i held her
Like a friend
I could feel a sweet beginning
But taste a bitter end

2nd chorus:
She's just tired
Of bein' cinderella
She can't live that way no more
She needs a little affection
A little understanding
You better be careful 'cause the next time she comes to my door
You'll be sorry

'cause it seems like
It's always something with you
And everybody's always wrong
One of these nights
You'll reach for the pillow she sleeps on
And she's gonna be gone

2nd chorus

I'm gonna tell you right up front
So you will understand
I ain't gonna waste your time
'cause i might not be your man
We won't go makin' promises
'cause you know it just ain't right
A promise is a promise, girl
And tonight is just tonight
Tonight is just tonight

Chorus:
Don't say that you love me
If it don't feel right
Don't say that you love me
Just hold me tonight

There ain't no need for broken hearts
I know in time they mend
Any fool can fall in love
It's so easy to pretend
Don't tell me i'm the only one
If it doesn't mean a thing
Let's take tonight for what it's worth
And see what tomorrow brings
And see what tomorrow brings

Chorus (to fade)

A little girl was cryin'
For her mama and her daddy
She couldn't understand why they were gone
She never knew the danger
Of talking to a stranger
Now the girl can't find her way back home

A little boy went walkin'
Down to the corner market
To buy a loaf of bread and an ince cream cone
He never knew the dnager
Of talkin' to a stranger
Now the boy can't find the way back home

Chorus:
Too many kids are missin'
Is anybody listening?
Won't you be the children's eyes
They're all alone
The hardest part's not knowing
Where they are or where they're going
Won't you help the children find
The way back home

The faces on milk cartons
Thrown away and soon forgotten
What if one of those sweet kids
Was your very own

Tonight those kids are weeping
While yours are safely sleeping
Won't you help the children find
The way back home

Chorus

Won't you help the children find
The way back home

Nothin' to do in this lonely town
Your daddy warned me, "son, you come around" says i ain't good enough for you
He don't know what i'm goin' through

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Let's do something
Sneak out your bedroom window, girl
And we'll be gone
Let's do something
Oh, baby, let's do something
Even if it's wrong

Go see the preacher 'cross the couty line
For 25 dollars he could make you mine
My heart's on fire, can't you feel it burn
I'm past the point of no return

Chorus

I'll make your daddy understand
Oh, lord, i know i can make him understand
I'll face your daddy man to man
No guts, no glory, girl, i'll take that chance

Chorus x 2

It's colder than winter
Right here in my heart
Lord i'm gonna miss her
She's torn me apart

I couldn't make you love me
I couldn't give any more
It's colder than winter
Since you closed the door

It's colder than winter
I'm freezing inside
And my tears won't be bitter
Even though our love died

I couldn't make you love me
I couldn't give any more
It's colder than winter
Since you closed the door

Every time the sun sets
I shed another tear
And the lonelier i get
Wishing you were still here

I couldn't make you love me
I couldn't give any more
It's colder than winter
Since you closed the door

Have i gone crazy
Is there someone new
Something strange is going on
Between me and you
But tell me baby
Tell me it's not true
'cause i've been hearing things about you

Are you unhappy
Are you lonely too
Won't you tell me face to face
What you're gonna do
Well i still love you
But i'm nobody's fool
I've been hearing things about you

Yeah i heard i've been dancin'
When you're out there runnin' 'round
And i heard you've been seein'
Some stranger you have found
And i heard you've been thinkin'
About tellin' me we're through
Yeah i've been hearing things about you

Yeah i heard you've been thinkin'
About tellin' me we're through
I've been hearing things, oh i ain't naming names
I've been hearing things about you

When i told my baby
Do what you wanna do
Well i had no idea
Just what she'd put me through

Every night she's runnin' 'round
Singin' songs in your hometown
There ain't no one to love me
When the sun goes down

Chorus:
Well, she's everybody's sweetheart
Everybody's sweetheart but mine
I shoulda kept her barefoot
Barefoot and pregnant all the time
I used to be the first in line
Now i've fallen way behind
She's everybody's sweetheart
Everybody's sweetheart but mine

All that country club money
Lord it sure looked good to me... yeah it did
Playin' golf with those fat cats
How much better could life be
They all think i've got it made
They see your face on every page
Of every magazine
Across the usa

Chorus

If you see her tell her hi
And everything will be all right
Tell her that i love her
'til the day i die

Chorus

Come on home