Story Behind The Song
Life's changes, and how circumstances change people, their behavious, their feelings.
Song Description
about how people change in a relationship over time.
Song Length |
3:17 |
Genre |
Jazz - Swing, Jazz - Lounge |
Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
Mood |
Heated |
Subject |
Regret |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
HOW CAN YOU SAY?
WHERE HAVE YOU GONE?
THE YOUNG MAN THAT I WED
WITH ALL THE YEARS THAT TURNED TO TEARS
AND WHY WAS NOTHING SAID?
WHY DID YOU TELL ME THAT
OUR LIVES ARE BOUND IN GOLD
YOU KNEW THAT I WOULD LOOK AT YOU
AND BELIEVE ALL I WAS TOLD
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT IT IS ALL GONE
AND WHY CAN?T YOU SEE, THAT WE LET THE SUN
GO DOWN ON THE REST OF OUR LIVES?.
OH WICKED DREAMS, THEY LEAD US ALL ASTRAY
WITH LIES THAT LIFE DEFIES
AS WE GO ON OUR WAY
AND I DREAMED OF YOU,
AND I MADE MY LIFE YOUR OWN
NEVER THINKING YOU? WOULD TAKE THE GIFT
AND TREAT IT LIKE A LOAN
BUT NOW HOW CAN YOU SAY??.
WHERE DID YOU GO THE YOUNG MAN THAT I LOVED?
WE HAD THE CHANCE TO HAVE OUR DANCE
AND WHAT WERE WE THINKING OF?
AND NOW THE RACE IS RUN, THE WORDS HAVE ALL BEEN SAID
THE DOOR IS CLOSED, BUT A LIGHT STILL GLOWS
BEHIND OUR SLEEPING HEADS
HOW CAN YOU SAY?.
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