Ally Mcbeal: For Once In My Life Featuring Vonda Shepard

i know that i'm not crazy
if i were i wouldn't talk about it
i'm homesick for your love
'cause i know i can't live without it
if you need a guarantee i'm gonna love you everyday
say no more about it because you've got it in every way

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i'm gonna hold out one more day
i won't let her take you away
i'm gonna hold out somehow someway
i don't wanna see the day when you say goodbye

i wish i could get you out of my system
i say in my mind but my heart won't listen
i need a fix or two
'cause i'm in the habit of you

and if a guarantee is what you need
to keep me by your side
say no more about it
because my love i just can't hide

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i'm gonna hold out one more day
i won't let her take you away
i'm gonna hold out somehow someway
i don't wanna see the day when you say

bridge
all you need in your life
all you need in your heart
all you need from a friend
is love
all you need from your mother
all you need from your lover
all wee need from another
is love

i'm gonna hold out one more day
i won't let her take you away
i'm gonna hold out somehow someway
i don't wanna see the day when you say goodbye

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he had his father's eyes
and his mother's point of view
there was no disguise
he couldn't see through
sometimes the little things
they don't seem so small
but they had a good thing overall

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nobody nobody nobody nobody
knew him the way you did
it's hard to say exactly why he left you
maybe a change for good
don't cry ilene

there was a rainbow over here
he didn't see it from over there
black and white are fine
but he's color blind
watching over me
there must have been some kind of mystery
because i wanted him too
but it was all wrong all wrong

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nobody nobody nobody nobody
knew him the way you did
it's hard to say exactly why he left you
maybe a change for good
don't cry ilene

nobody nobody nobody nobody
knew him the way you did
it's hard to say exactly why he left you
maybe a change for good
don't cry ilene no don't cry
it's hard to say exactly why he left you
maybe a change for good
don't cry ilene oh no don't cry

is there a good way to say goodbye
when you're leaving all you had 'cause your love has run dry
is there a good way to be a bad girl
when you're taking all that's given from the world

is there a good way to move ahead
without selling out your soul for some water or some bread
is there a good way to learn your lesson and stay alive

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i've been looking for something all of my life
maybe in some other city i'll see the light

is there a good way to say goodbye
to this fantasy world to this lie
is there a good way to get out before you're jaded

i need to find a good way to say goodbye
is there a good way to say goodbye

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i've been looking for something all of my life
maybe in some other city i'll be alright

is there a good way to leave him alone
when you find his love just hits too close to home
is there a good way to deny everything you thought you needed

i need to find a good way to say goodbye
is there a good way to say goodbye

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i've been looking for something all of my life
maybe i'll find somebody who'll make things alright
i've been looking for something all of my live
maybe in some other city i'll be alright

i've been looking for you

calling all these other guys
i'm seeing something i didn't before
is that a new look in your eyes
now you don't believe that i'm asking for more

i saw you walking down the street
with another girl who looks just like me
people always say we look so happy
he took my love but he didn't take me

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he ain't with me he ain't with me
he says he loves me but he don't look in my eyes
but i'll take it 'till it's all gone 'cause
he ain't with me but at least i'm not alone

you say you laughed with your old girlfriend
you're doing nothing to encourage the end
i could be charming on long distance too
and if you want i'll make it easier for you

communication is the key
interrogation don't work for me
you saw that other guy smiling at me
if you were here i wouldn't act so free

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he ain't with me he ain't with me
he says he loves me but he don't look in my eyes
he likes to hold my hand in public
stranger can't you see he ain't with me

he ain't with me he ain't with me no more
he ain't with me he ain't with me

bridge
i guess fate really has my number
every time you wander away
i reconsider all the time you said you'd stay

chorus

he ain't with me he ain't with me
he ain't with me no more
he likes to hold my hand in public
he ain't with me he ain't with me
but i'll take it 'till it's all gone 'cause
he ain't with me but at least i'm not alone
he ain't with me

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i do not measure the space between
moments of pleasure we'll someday see

if you need a reason let me know
if you need the answer you will know
if you say tomorrow you will go you will go away

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there is no limit

jam karet jam karet
open every window
jam karet
there is no limit
jam karet jam karet

i do not measure the distance
or instigate any resistance

if you need a reason let me know
if you need the answer you will know
if you say tomorrow you will go you will go away

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there is no limit

jam karet jam karet
open every window
jam karet
there is no such thing as time
stretching every minute
jam karet jam karet
there is no limit
jam karet jam karet

i'll light the fire within you
you can make mountains move too

bridge
ooh with my truer friends
i do not notice when the clocks unwind

chorus

there is no limit

jam karet jam karet
open every window
jam karet jam karet
there is no such thing as time
stretching every minute
jam karet jam karet
as long as we are in it
jam karet jam karet

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Words by vonda shepard
Music by vonda shepard & james newton howard

I like the way you wanted me
Every night for so long baby
I like the way you needed me
Every time things got rocky

I was believing in you
Am i mistaken do you say,
Do you say what you mean
I want our love to last forever

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But i'd rather you be mean than love and lie
I'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I'd rather take a blow at least then i would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow

I like the way you'd hold me
Every night for so long baby
And i like the way you'd say my name
In the middle of the night
While you were sleeping

I was believing in you
Was i mistaken
Do you mean, mean what you say
When you say our love could last forever

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Well i'd rather you be mean than love and lie
I'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I'd rather take a blow at least then i would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow

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Youe would run around and lead me on forever
While i wait at home thinking that we're together
I wanted our love to last forever

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Well i'd rather you be mean than love and lie
I'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I'd rather take a blow at least then i would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow

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