Mariah Carey Album

Treated me kind
Sweet destiny
Carried me through desperation
To the one that was waiting for me
It took so long
Still I believed
Somehow the one that I needed
Would find me eventually

I had a vision of love
And it was all that you've given to me

Prayed through the nights
Felt so alone
Suffered from alienation
Carried the weight on my own
Had to be strong
So I believed
And now I know I've succeded
In finding the place I conceived

I had a vision of love
And it was all that you've given to me
I had a vision of love
And it was all that you've given me

I've realized a dream
And I visualized
The love that came to be
Feel so alive
I'm so thankful that I've received
The answer that heaven
Has sent down to me

You treated me kind
Sweet destiny
And I'll be eternally grateful
Holding you so close to me
Prayed through the nights
So faithfully
Knowing the one that I needed
Would find me eventually

I had a vision of love
And it was all that you've given to me
I had a vision of love
And it was all that you
Turned out to be

A broken man without a home
Desperate and so alone
A victim of society
No one really wants to see

Some of us don't even wonder
Some of us don't even care
Couldn't we just help each other
Isn't there enough to share

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There's got to be a way
To connect this world today
Come together to relieve the pain
There's got to be a way
To unite this human race
And together we'll bring on a change

In another land they still believe
Color grants supremacy
I don't understand
How there can be
Regulated bigotry

Some of us don't even wonder
Some of us don't even care
Couldn't we accept each other
Can't we make ourselves aware

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And maybe then the future will be a time
Without war, destitution, and sorrow
And hungry children won't have to die
If we work together today
We'll save tomorrow

Some of us don't even wonder
Some of us don't even care
Couldn't we just love each other
Isn't there enough to share

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Once again we sit in silence
After all is said and done
Only emptiness inside us
Baby look what we've become
We can make a million promises
But we still won't change
It isn't right to stay together
When you only bring each other pain

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I don't wanna cry
Don't wanna cry
Nothing in the world
Could take us back
To where we used to be
Though I've given you my heart and soul
I must find a way of letting go
'Cause baby
I don't wanna cry

Too far apart to bridge the distance
But something keeps us hanging on and on
Pretending not to know the difference
Denying what we had is gone
Every moment we're together
It's just breaking me down
I know we swore it was forever
But it hurts too much to stay around

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All the magic's gone
There's just a shadow of a memory
Something just went wrong
We can't go on make-believing
On make-believing

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You were so blind to let me go
You had it all but did not know
No one you'll find will ever be
Closer to all your dreams than me
Believing the grass would be greener
You told yourself "I just don't need her now"
But I know you'll soon discover
You're never satisfied with any other

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Someday oo someday
One you gave away will be the only one you're wishing for
Someday hey hey
Boy you're gonna pay 'cause baby I'm the one who's keeping score

You'll change your mind and call my name
Soon as you find they're all the same
And when you find yourself alone
Don't come back crying
You should have known
Believe me I'm not pretending
It's not hard to predict this ending now
'Cause I know you'll soon discover
You're needing me in spite of all the others

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Maybe now you just can't conceive
That there'll ever come a time
When you're cold and lonely
Baby how could you ever believe
That another could replace me
The one and only
But when you're down
In your time of need
And you're thinking
That you might be coming back to own me
Just think again
'Cause I won't need your love anymore

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If I could recapture
All of the memories
And bring them to life
Surely I would

Hear the distant laughter
Wasn't it you and me
Surviving the night
You're fading out of my sight
Swiftly

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You're vanishing
Drifting away
You're vanishing

I was so enraptured
No sensibility
To open my eyes
I misunderstood

Now you're fading faster
It's suddenly hard to see
You're taking the light
Letting the shadows inside
Swiftly

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Reaching out into the distance
Searching for spirits of the past
Just a trace of your existence to grasp
And if somehow I could recapture
All of the memories
And bring them to life
Lord knows I would

But now you're fading faster
Getting so hard to see
Taking the light
Letting the darkness inside
Swiftly

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Come closer
You seem so far away
There's something I know you need to say
I feel your emotions
When I look in your eyes

Your silence
Whispering misunderstandings
There's so much you need to realize
You'll feel my emotions
If you look in my eyes

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Hey darlin'
I know you think my love is slipping away
But baby it's all in your mind
Don't worry
Hold on tight and hear me when I say
Baby it's all in your mind

Believe me
I believe in you
There's nothing this feeling couldn't do
Move closer my darling
Feel the love in my eyes

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Swept me away
But now I'm lost in the dark
Set me on fire
But now I'm left with a spark
Alone you got beyond the haze and
I'm lost inside the maze
I guess I'm all alone in love

I look into your eyes
You turn the other way
And now I realize
It's all a game you play

I hold you in the night
And wake to find you gone
You're running out of sight
It's so hard holding on
All alone in love

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You haunt me in my dreams
I'm calling out your name
I watch you fade away
Your love is not the same

I figured out your style
To quickly drift apart
You held me for a while
Planned it from the start
All alone in love

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Sitting in the dark without you
How am I supposed to make it through the night
Slowly fall apart without you
Cry away the hours 'till the morning light

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Wait a minute
Before you walk away
Let me finish
I've got a lot to say
Baby I'm not gonna tolerate
This game that you play
You'll regret it
If you desert me this way
When there's nobody to dry your eyes
Suddenly you're gonna realize

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Don't you know
You need me
Don't you see
Believe me
Before you act so hastily
Baby remember you need me

Honey listen
Don't make a big mistake
I'm in your system
You really can't escape
When there's nobody to hold your hand
Suddenly you're gonna understand

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No one understands you like I do
After everything that we've been through
Baby you can turn around and leave
But I know that you'll keep coming right back to me

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I can't imagine
Looking in someone else's eyes
What we have surpasses
Even paradise

It's hard to fathom
Reaching for someone else's hand
What we share is magic
Heaven had a plan

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Sent from up above
So much love
In my life
I can't get enough
Of your touch
Feels so right

Unending passion
Somehow the fire never dies
What we share is everlasting
Love without demise

He made it happen
Placed so much joy into our hands
What we dreamed
We finally captured
Heaven took command

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(M. Carey, B. Margulies)

You don't think that I'll be strong enough
Nooo baby now
I won't be a prisoner of your love
(Prisoner of your love)

Maybe you don't think I love you strong enough
But I'm not gonna be a prisoner of your love
I know you're lyin', denyin'
All of your actions, so listen up
Cause here's my reaction

Here comes the night
No more living in the shadow of your love
This is my life
Always tried so hard to keep me down
But now I'll rise above
Those empty lies
Stop pretending that my accusations
Take you by surprise
I've realized
Now I'm ending all the secrecy
I see through your disguise
All the dreams we planned
I believed so I held on
I understand
So when the morning comes
You know that I'll be gone

You don't think that I'll be strong enough
Nooo baby now
I won't be a prisoner of your love
(Prisoner of your love)

No longer blind
I can focus on deception
Used to keep me by your side
I read your mind
Don't believe it's all a mystery
There's nothing you can hide
It's all defined
There's nothing you can tell me now
To change the way I feel inside

All the dreams we planned
I believed so I held on
I understand, yeah
So when the morning comes
You know that I'll be gone

(You don't think) that I'll be strong enough
Noo baby now
(I won't be) the prisoner of your love
(Prisoner of your love)
I'm just not the girl you thought I was
Not gonna be a prisoner
I won't be the prisoner of your love
Of your
Looove

Don't wanna be a prisoner
I don't wanna be a prisoner
No
Mmmh
Don't wanna be a prisoner
I don't wanna be a prisoner

So if you wanna be my love
You can't be all wild
Play up when
You see me and then say "Mariah I miss you"
Expect me to hug and kiss you?
Don't that dis you?
But I guess I'm not the kind of girl you thought I was
I've had enough of "Now I'll see ya later 'cause..."
Boy make me know that I'll be strong enough
But I won't be a prisoner baby of your love
No more no more no more no more no more no more

No nooo, baby now
I won't think
(No no no)
Prisoner of your loooove
(Prisoner of your love)
(I'm just not) the girl you thought I was
Oh
Not gonna be a prisoner
(Not gonna be)
(I won't be) the prisoner of your
Love
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah

I'm not one of those girls who'll wait around
Cryin' 'cause you wouldn't take me all over town
You can't do that
I'm not a door mat
You're just a player

That's not my format
Cya

I had it all
But I let it slip away
Couldn't see I treated you wrong
Now I wander around
Feeling down and cold
Trying to believe that you're gone

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Love takes time
To heal when you're hurting so much
Couldn't see that I was blind
To let you go
I can't escape the pain
Inside
'Cause love takes time
I don't wanna be here
I don't wanna be here alone

Losing my mind
From this hollow in my heart
Suddenly I'm so incomplete
Lord I'm needing you now
Tell me how to stop the rain
Tears are falling down endlessly

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You might say that it's over
You might say that you don't care
You might say you don't miss me
You don't need me
But I know that you do
And I feel that you do
Inside

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