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

repeat (*)

repeat (**)

we were alone and i was singing this song for you

every night i get tired eyes

my feet don’t reach the ground

then i’m with you

i get by ’cause i know that you’re near me

so baby close your eyes

i can sleep tonight

all because of you

every night when the fire flies

the walls come tumblin’ down at the bajou

i get by ’cause i know that you’re near me

so baby close your eyes

i can sleep tonight

all because of you

i’ll keep singin’ my love song

in my mind i’ll sing a song for you

you can see through the music

that’s in my mind

so baby close your eyes

i can sleep tonight

all because of you

all because of you

all because of you

ooh, ooh, ba

yesterday i thought you’d stay

i thought you’d see things my way

but now i see my hopes may be dead

i should have known when you said

i was the one you wanted

wanting meant nothing more than today

(*) all i can do is cry over you

and hope you return someday

all i can do is cry over you

ever since you’ve gone away

every road that i follow

leaves me with no tomorrow

i need someone to show me the way

repeat (*)

baba, baba, baba

baba, baba, baba

all of my life i have been waiting

for just one boy

and all of my life i have been waiting

for all the joy of having

(*) someone that i can call my own

who’ll come to my side when i am all alone

and now you are here and i’ve found a whole new world

has opened for me

a world filled with joy

a world filled with all your love

eternally

(**) for you say you’re mine

you’ll love me all the time

night and day

come what may, and all of my life

you’ll be my own

i just want

repeat (*)

repeat (**)

like sailin’ on a sailin’ ship to nowhere
love took over my heart like an ocean breeze
as seagulls fly i knew that i was losin’
love was washed away with the driftin’ tide
oh it’s a dirty old shame
when all you get from love is a love song
that’s got you layin’ up nights
just waitin’ for the music to start
it’s such a dirty old shame
when you got to take the blame for a love song
because the best love songs are written
with a broken heart
and now the tears in my eyes are ever blinding
the future that lies before me i cannot see
although tomorrow i know the sun is rising
lighting up the world for everyone, but not for me
oh it’s a dirty old shame
when all you get from love is a love song
that’s got you layin’ up nights
just waitin’ for the music to start
it’s such a dirty old shame
when you got to take the blame for a love song
because the best love songs are written
with a broken heart

(repeat)

well it’s a dirty old shame
(repeat)