WOMAN WHAT AM I TO DO
I'VE LOST MY HOPES AND DREAMS
EVERYTHING I BELIEVED I KNEW
IS NOTHING THAT IT SEEMS

I'VE SAID GOODBYE SO
HOW THE PAIN IT PLAGUES ME STILL
FOR SOME UNFORGIVEN SIN

IT'S A DARK PLACE
EVERY DREAM HAS FADED BLACK
AND EACH BREATH BRINGS A TENDER ACHE
FOR THE CHANCE TO HAVE A JUST SOME LIGHT BACK
IT'S A LONG LONG WAYMANY TIMES
FROM LOSS AND GIVING IN
IT'S A LONG LONG WAY
IT'S A LONG LONG WAY TO COME BACK FROM

WOMAN WHAT AM I TO DO
IF YOU WOULD HAVE ME DO NOTHING
EVERY DREAM I KNEW WITH YOU
IS SO FAR AWAY FROM ME
SO MANY TIMES I CROSSED THE LINE
UNTIL THE LOSS OF ALL I DIED TO FIND
I CHANGED FOREVER MY LOVE
THE FLIGHT OF OUR DOVE
AND WHO'S MEETING WHO ON THE OTHER SIDE

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I NEVER DID HAVE HALF THE CHANCE
TO BECOME THE MAN I SET OUT BEFORE ME
I THOUGHT I PLAYED IT SAFE
BUT EITHER WAY
LIFE AFFORDS NOTHING TO TAKE FREE

AND STILL MY FEARS RULE MY HEART
SO MUCH STONGER THAN I AM
TO REGRET THE PAST IS ONE SAD BLAST
BUT NOW THE FUTURE IS CLOSING IN

I'VE RUN DOWN AGAIN
TOO FAR TO OUT ADMIT
I'VE DONE WRONG NOT IF BUT WHEN
AND HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT

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