Pat Benatar Album

[No lyrics]

I lost faith in myself and everyone and everything around me
I thought I'd disappear, maybe you'd better off without me
You showed me I was wrong, everybody needs someone
Love is not about perfection
You made no promises, life is hard enough you said ohh without you

Only you, only you
You're all that matters
Only you, only you, only you
Only you give me strength when my world is shattered
Only you, only you, only you

I walked this road so many times before you'd think I'd know the way
But like the fool that I am it always ends the same
You told me everyone deserves a little happiness
No one should have to be alone
Me I'd be satisfied with a just a little tenderness ohhh with you

Only you, only you
You're all that matters
Only you, only you, only you
Only you break the chain when my world is shattered
Only you, only you, only you

You're all that matters
Only you
Only you give me strength when my world is shattered
Only you
Only you, only you
you're all that matters
Only you, only you, only you
Only you break the chain when my world is shattered
Only you, only you, only you
Only you, only you
You're all that matteres
Only you, only you, only you
Only you give me strength when my world is shattered
Only you only you, only you
Only you, only you
Only you, only you
Only you
Only you
Only you

Hey baby wontcha sit down here next to me
Yeah I heard you're havin trouble in love
Yeah I know how that can be
Love can hurt I know it's true
Let me see what I can do
I know a place where you can find love
The kind you've always dreamed of

Let's go down to the river of love
Let me show you how sweet it can be
Down at the river or love
Let the cool, clear water wash over you and me
In the river of love

Hey darlin you know that love is strange yeah
Seem the harder you try to hold on the further it moves away
I know it's hard to understand
That's okay I got a plan
I know this place where you can find love
The kind you've always dreamed of

Let's go down to the river of love
Let me show you how sweet it can be
Down at the river of love
Let the cool, clear water wash over you and me
In the river of love
Let's go down to the river of love
Let me drown in the river of love
The river of love

You don't have to be afraid
Cause I'll be right there by your side
We can take slow baby
One long sweet ride
Oh yeah

Ooh ooh ooh
Down to the river
Ooh ooh ooh
Mmm down to the river
Ooh ooh ooh
Oh down to the river
Ooh ooh ooh
Let's do down to the river of love
Let me show you how sweet it can be
Down at the river of love
Let the cool clear water wash over you and me
In the river of love
Let's go down to the river of love
Let me drown in the river of love
Hey baby wontcha sit down here next to me
Yeah yeah yeah

Did you see me last night?
I was there in the dark
I saw her look at you the way I used to do
When I still had your heart
I watched you take her hand
There was love in your eyes
I remeber when you looked at me that way too
Before we said goodbye

I don't want to be your friend
I just want to be your lover
I don't think I can pretend that you mean nothing to me
It's hard enough to say goodbye
Even when you know it's over
I don't want to be your friend
I want to be your lover

Am I gone from your thoughts
Forgotten somehow?
When you lie there with her
Does my memory stir any part of you now?
I know that I should concede
Face the truth and all that
I know I should realize I'm not part of your life anymore
But I can't

Cause I don't want to be your friend
I just want to be your lover
I don't think I can pretend that you mean nothing to me
It's hard enough to say goodbye
Even when you know it's over
I don't want to be your friend
I want to be your lover

And when I think I've had enough
And I just can't stand the pain
I reminisce about the way it felt to have you every day
You know that every time I hear your voice
I still get a thrill
And there's nothing I can do about it

I don't want to be your friend
I just want to be your lover
I don't think I can pretend that you mean nothing to me
It's hard enough to say goodbye
Even when you know it's over
I don't want to be your friend
I want to be your lover
I don't want to be your friend
I want to be your lover
I don't want to be your friend
I want to be your.....oooh oooh....

How am I supposed to make it through another day?
What am I supposed to do now that you've gone away?
Is there anything encouraging you can say to me?
Did you really think my heart was made of stone?
Maybe you never gave it any thought at all
How nice to go through life oblivious and free

Life is sweet, sweet as strawberry wine
And bitter too, like the seeds on the vine
You are that, you are more than sublime
And bitter too, loving you has been an experience

How am I supposed to ever feel the same?
These kinds of situations always have a way
Of screwing up your mind and messing with your sanity
How many days and nights will have to come and go
Before I realize what I already know
I'm better off without you like I thought I'd be

Life is sweet, sweet as strawberry wine
And bitter too, like the seeds on the vine
You are that, you are more than sublime
And bitter too, loving you has been an experience

Ohh, ohh ohh whoa ohhh whoa......
Yeah

Life is sweet

Life is sweet, sweet as strawberry wine
And bitter too, like the seeds on the vine
You are that, you are more than sublime
And bitter too, loving you has been an experience

Oh life is sweet, sweet as strawberry wine
And bitter too, like the seeds on the vine
You are that, you are more than sublime
And bitter too, loving you has been an experience

Ohh ohh whoa.....

We will be the forgotten ones
They will shake their heads and pity us
We who sacrificed our sons and daughters
With the sweet taste of victory on our lips
They will cry, but their tears will come too late
There is no redemption for the ones
Who choose to walk in the shadows

Oh sweet redeemer
Will you save a place for me
I am tired and I'm seeking restitution
Oh will you heal me
Will you take away my pain
What I'm looking for is absolution

Getting out of purgatory is no small accomplishment
And the price is high
And it comes with it's own set of conditions
The choice is never clear
And difficult to make
But it will not change them
They will just go on the way they always have

Oh sweet redeemer
Will you save a place for me
I am tired and I'm seeking restitution
Oh will you heal me
Will you take away my pain
What I'm looking for is absolution

Oh sweet redeemer
Will you save a place for me
I am tired and I'm seeking restitution
Oh will you heal me
Will you take away my pain
What I'm looking for is absolution

I picked a rose this morning
And it was so fresh it looked like it was crying
I thought how sad to be so beautiful
Only to wither and die

Like papa's roses, soft and pale
Like petals thrown in the dirt
Only silence is spoken here
All that grows here is hurt
And papa's roses

Papa wasn't really a hardened man
He could be tender at times
I remember it was like a holiday
When he was gentle and kind
He gave those flowers his heart and soul
I wish he'd saved some for me
It would have been such a simple thing
For me to be

Like papa's roses, soft and pale
Like petals thrown in the dirt
Only silence is spoken here
All that grows here is hurt
Ooh ooh ooh....

Voices that whisper soft and low
Forever buried inside
Haunted by images dark and cold
Forever burned in your mind
But I dreamed I could fly away
Like an angel I'd fly
To a place where I could forget
Forget that I was like

Like papa's roses, soft and pale
Like petals thrown in the dirt
Only silence is spoken here
All that grows here is hurt
And papa's roses
Like papa's roses, soft and pale
Like petals thrown in the dirt
Only silence is spoken here
All that grows here is hurt
And papa's roses
Mmmm...papa's roses...
Papa's roses

Another day, another chance to get it right
But something stands to sabotage me in spite
Of what I try, no matter what I do
There's always something keeping me away from you
They will cry, but their tears will come too late
I'd do anything to see your sweet smile
And I'd go anywhere to be with you for just awhile
Ain't it funny how some things aren't meant to be
There ain't no future here for you and me
At this time, at this time
At this time
Oh will you heal me
Now I'm a girl who believes in destiny
And I suppose I should face reality
The timing's wrong, there's just too many obstacles
To get together now would be impossible
And the price is high
What if fate has already played it's hand
And there's no future left in the plan
What if this is what lies in store
It makes me want you even more
They will just go on the way they always have
I'd do anything to see your sweet smile
And I'd go anywhere to be with you for just awhile
Isn't it funny how some things aren't meant to be
There ain't no future for you and me
At this time, at this time
At this time, at this time
What I'm looking for is absolution
(butterflies and moon beams are fragile things
I guess that's the way it is with love too
Sometimes it just doesn't work out)
I am tired and I'm seeking restitution
I'd do anything to see your sweet smile
And I'd go anywhere to be with you for just awhile
Isn't funny how some things aren't meant to be
There ain't no future here for you and me
I'd do anything to see your sweet smile
And I'd go anywhere to be with you for just awhile
Isn't funny how some things aren't meant to be
There ain't no future here for you and me
At this time, at this time
I'd do anything to see your sweet smile
And I'd go anywhere to be with you for just awhile
Isn't funny how some things aren't meant to be
There ain't no future here for you and me
Repeat x1
At this time

It seems I've loved you for so long
It seems like all of my life
Just like a child who doesn't belong
you'd run, til even the sun became your shadow
And I know you better than I know myself, you know
So I pretend you got somewhere else to go

Sometimes I believed what you had to say
Then I watched you bleed all the truth away
Somewhere in my heart there's a place I know
Where all our dirty little secrets go

Nobody's perfect, certainly not us
We've all got secrets to keep
I would have kept yours safe in my heart
You would have always known where to find me
And I hate you in your innocence you know
But I hate myself even more for loving you so

Sometimes I believed what you had to say
Then I watched you bleed all the truth away
Somewhere in my heart there's a place I know
Where all our dirty little secrets go

Sometimes it hurts so bad that you cry
Then there's the times you wish you had died
Sometimes the truth is worse than the lie
Sometimes
Sometimes it's best to lock it away
In a place that is secret and safe
Sometimes you just pretend you don't know
Sometimes it's best to let go

Sometimes I believed what you had to say
Then I watched you bleed all the truth away
Somewhere in my heart there's a place I know
Where all our dirty little secrets go
Repeat x1

I walk around pretending you were never here
But the smell of you is everywhere
I ache so bad for you I want to shed my skin
Try and keep my thoughts from turning into you

I'm not angry anymore
I'm not angry
I'm not angry anymore

There is no wound as deep as a lovers betrayal
No touch as tender as your lover's hand
You were so generous with both I nearly died
Took all my dignity 'til there was nothin' left inside

I'm not angry anymore
I'm not angry
I'm not angry anymore

I just want to forget you
Erase you, replace you with
Forgiveness, forgiveness

I ache so bad for you I want to shed my skin
Try and keep my thoughts from turning into you

I'm not angry anymore
I'm not angry
I just want to forget you
Erase you, replace you with
Forgiveness, forgiveness

I'm not angry anymore
I'm not angry
I'm not angry anymore

What's the use in staying when everything's a lie
I hear what you're saying and it makes me want to cry
You know the truth's so over rated
That should come as no surprise
It's all so complicated, especially in these times

Don't it make you crazy
Don't it make you ask yourself why
Nobody's got an answer
Especially in these times
In these times

Life is like a puzzle, best close the edges first
Work back to the middle to the places where it hurts
Lately I've been thinking maybe there's a chance for us
If we take it slow now and don't expect too much

Don't it make you wonder
Don't it make you ask yourself why
Nobody's got an answer
Especially in these times
And don't it make you crazy
Don't it make you ask yourself why
Nobody's got an answer
Especially in these times

(What's the use in staying when everything's a lie
And there is nothing sacred especially in these times)

Don't it make you crazy
Don't it make you ask yourself why
Nobody's got an answer
Especially in these times
And don't it make you wonder
Don't it make you ask yourself why
Nobody's got an answer
Especially in these times
Ohh whoa

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(...no need for lyrics on this one, right?...)