Greatest Hits 1985-1995

Michael bolton Greatest Hits 1985-1995 Lyrics
1.That's What Love Is All About


2.The Dock Of The Bay

Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes
Watchin' the ships roll in
Then I watch 'em roll away again
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide, roll away
Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

Left my home in Georgia
Headed for the Frisco Bay
I had nothin' to live for
Looks like nothin's gonna come my way
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away
Sittin' on the dock of the bay, wastin' time

Looks like nothin's gonna change
Everything, everything remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll just remain the same

I'm sittin' here restin' my bones
Two thousand miles, I roam
Just to make this dock my home
I'm just gonna sit, on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away
Sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time


3.Soul Provider

talk about love
talk about trust
talkin bout forever baby
when I'm talkin' bout us
I give you my word
stick to my guns
believe me when I fell ya baby
that we've just begun
you don't understand no
the full intent of my plan
chorus:
I wanna be your soul provider
I wanna stay that way
for the longest time
I wanna be your soul provider
just say you'll let me
and darlin I will
I know you've been hurt
I know you're love shy
you don't have to say it baby
it's gonna take some time
ya got my heart in the palm of your hand
swear it's gonna stay there baby
give me half a chance
you don't understand
the full intent of my plan
I've been waitin' for a long time for
somebody like you
to give my love
all my love day and night
just say you'll mine for the rest of your life
baby I'll show you why


4.How Am I Supposed To Live Without You

I could hardly believe it, when I heard the news today
I had to come and get it straight from you
They said you were leaving, someone's swept your heart away
From the look upon your face, I see it's true.
So tell me all about it, tell me 'bout the plans you're making
Then tell me one thing more before I go

Tell me how am I supposed to live without you
Now that I've been loving you so long
How am I supposed to live without you
How am I supposed to carry on
When all that I've been living for is gone.

I didn't come here for crying, didn't come here to break down
It's just a dream of mine is coming to an end
And how can I blame you, when I build my world around
The hope that one day we'd be so much more than friends
And I don't want to know the price i'm gonna pay for dreaming
When even now it's more than I can take

Tell me how am I supposed to live without you
Now that I've been loving you so long
How am I supposed to live without you
How am I supposed to carry on
When all that I've been living for is gone.

And I don't want to face the price I'm gonna pay for dreaming
Now that your dream has come true.


5.How Can We Be Lovers

Chorus:
How can we be lovers if we can't be friends
How can we start over when the fighting never ends
Baby, how can we make love if we can't make amends
Tell me how can we be lovers if we can't be, can't be friends

Look at us now, look at us baby
Still tryin' to work it out
Never get it right
We must be fools, we must be crazy
Whoa, whoa, when there's no communication
Whoa, whoa, it's a no-win situation

Chorus

We lie awake, this wall between us
We're just not talking, we got so much to say
Let's break these chains, our love can free us
Whoa, whoa, ain't it time we started tryin'
Whoa, whoa, gotta stop this love from dying

Chorus

Baby, love is tough but we can take it
Baby, times are rough but we can make it
We can work it out

Chorus


6.WHEN I'M BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN

Gonna break from these chains around me
Gonna learn to fly again
May be hard, may be hard
But I'll do it
When I'm back on my feet again
Soon these tears will all be dryin'
Soon these eyes will see the sun
Might take time, might take time
But I'll see it
When I'm back on my feet again

When I'm back on my feet again
I'll walk proud down that street again
And they'll all look at me again
And they'll see that
I'm strong

Gonna hear the children laughing
Gonna hear the voices sing
Won't be long, won't be long
Till I hear them
When I'm back on my feet again

Gonna feel the sweet light of heaven
Shining down its light on me
One sweet day, one sweet day
I will feel it
When I'm back on my feet again

And I'm not gonna crawl again
I will learn to stand tall again
No I'm not gonna fall again
Cos I'll learn to be strong
Soon these tears will all be dryin'
Soon these eyes will see the sun
Won't be long, won't be long
Till I see it
When I'm back on my feet again
When I'm back on my feet again
I'll be back on my feet again


7.Georgia On My Mind

georgia georgia
the whole day through
just an old sweet song
keeps georgia on my mind
talking bout georgia
I'm in georgia
a song of you
comes as sweet and clear as moonlight
through the pines
other arms reach out to me
other eyes smile tenderly
still in peaceful dreams I see
the road leads ack to you
georgia sweet
georgia no peace I find
just an old sweet song
keeps georgia on my mind
other arms reach out to me
other eyes smile tenderly
still in peaceful dreams I see
the road leads back
it always leads back to you
I'm in georgia
georgia
sweet georgia
no peace
no peace I find
just this old sweet song
keeps georgia forever on my mind
just an old sweet sweet song
keeps georgia forever onn mind


8.Time Love&Tenderness

So you say that you can't go on
Love left you cryin'
And you say all your hope is gone
And what's the use in tryin'
What you need is to have some faith
Shake off those sad blues
Get yourself a new view

Oh, nothing is a sad as it seems, you know
'Cause someday you'll laugh at the heartache
Someday, you'll laugh at the pain
Somehow you'll get through the heartache
Somehow you can get through the rain


CHORUS:
When love puts you through the fire
When love puts you through the test
Nothing cures a broken heart
Like time, love and tenderness
When you think your world is over
Baby just remember this
Nothing heals a broken heart
Like time, love and tenderness
Time, love and tenderness


I understand how you're feeling now
And what you've been through
But your world's gonna turn around
So baby don't you be blue
All it takes is a little time
To make it better
The hurt won't last forever


Oh, all the tears are gonna dry you know
'Cause someday you'll laugh at the heartache
Someday you'll laugh at the pain
You may be down on your luck
But baby that old lucks gonna change


CHORUS:


Baby, oh baby you just need some
You just need some
Time, love and tenderness


Time, love and tenderness
The hurt ain't gonna last forever
Time, love and tenderness
Time, love and tenderness


9.WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN

When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
He'd trade the world
For a good thing he's found
If she is bad,he can't see it
She can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend
If he puts her down

When a man loves a woman
Spend his very last dime
Trying to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all his comforts
And sleep out in the rain
If she said that's the way
It ought to be

When a man loves a woman
I give you everying I've got(yeah)
Tyring to hold on
Too your precious love
Baby please don't treat me bad

When a man loves a woman
Deep down in his soul
She can bring him such misery
If she is playing him for a fool
He's the last one to know
Loveing eyes can never see

Yes when a man loves a woman
I know exavtly how he feels
'Cause baby,baby,baby
I am a man
When a man loves a woman


10.Missing you Now

I talk to you but it's not the same as touchin you
and every time you whisper my name
I wanna run to you
we'll be together
it won't be oong
it won't be long
but it feels like forever
and it's hard to be strong
chorus:
baby 'cause I'm missing you now
and it's drivin me crazy
how I'm needin you baby
I'm missing you now
can't wait till I'm alone with you
to show you how I'm missing you now
wishin you were here by my side
is all that I can do
got my arms around
my pillow at night
they should be holdin you
thought I was stronger
how could I know
how could I know
I can't take this much longer
it's so hard on my soul
chorus:
baby I just can't wait
till I see you face
chase away this londliness inside
when you're close to my heart
right here in my arms
then and only then
will I be satisfied
I'm missing you now
we'll be together
it won't be long
it won't be long
but it feels like forever
and it's hard to be strong


11.Steel Bars

in the night I hear you speak
turn around you're in my sleep
feel your hands inside my soul
you're holding on and you won't let go
I've tried running but there's no escapse
can't bend them
and (I know ) I just can't break these
chorus:
stell bars
wrapped all around me
I've been your prisoner since the day you found me
I'm bound forever
till the end of time
stell bars wrapped around this heart of mine
trying hard to recognize
see the face behind the eyes
feel your haunting ways like chains
round my heart they still remain
I'm still running
but there's nowhere to hide
my love for you has got me locked up inide these
chorus:
and with every step I take
every desperate move I make
it's clear to me
what can all my living mean
when time itself is so obscene
when time itself don't mean a thing
I'm still loving you


12.Said I Loved You.But I Lied

You are the candle, love's the flame
A fire that burns through wind and rain
Shine your light on this heart of mine
Till the end of time
You came to me like the dawn through the night
Just shinin' like the sun
Out of my dreams and into my life
You are the one, you are the one

CHORUS
Said I loved you but I lied
'Cause this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you but I was wrong
'Cause love could never ever feel so strong
Said I loved you but I lied

With all my soul I've tried in vain
How can mere words my heart explain
This taste of heaven so deep so true
I've found in you
So many reasons in so many ways
My life has just begun
Need you forever, I need you to stay
You are the one, you are the one

CHORUS

You came to me like the dawn through the night
Just shinin' like the sun
Out of my dreams and into my life
You are the one, you are the one

CHORUS

Said I loved you
But this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you....But I lied


13.Can I Touch You.There

CAN I TOUCH YOU...THERE?

Baby, show me what you feel
Come to me, show me somethin' real
I need to know, I need you completely
Closer baby closer, come on let's begin
Love is takin' over, gotta let it in
Ooh I need to feel the heart of you
Need to reach the very deepest part of you

CHORUS:
Can I touch you there, touch you deep inside
Can I touch your heart, the way you're touchin' mine
Can I touch you there, touch you deep within
Can I touch you there, can I touch you...there

Baby tell me with your eyes, tell me every secret darlin'
Every deep desire, till you and I are makin' love completely
Closer baby closer, can't be close enough
I can't help the way I hold you
I just hunger for your love
Ooh and I need to feel the heart of you
Need to reach the very deepest part of you

CHORUS:

All I wanna do is touch ya baby
Touch the very soul inside of you
Ooh and I need to feel the heart of you
Need to reach the very deepest part of you
Let me be the one to show you just what love can do

CHORUS:


14.I Promise You

I will promise you
yes I promise to
love you for all you life
love you every day and night
I will always be there for you
I'll be in your arms
you'll be in my heart
chorus:
I'll love you forever
I promise you
we 'll be together
our whole life thorugh
there's nothin that I
I wouldn't do
with all of my heart
I promise you
I will take your hand
and I'll understand
share all your hopes and dreams
show you what love can mean
whenever life just gets too much for you
I'll be on your side
to dry the tears you cry
chorus:
I'll love your forever
I promise you
we'll be together
our whole life through
there's nothin that I
I wouldn't do
with all of my heart
I promise you
bridge:
I'll love you forever
I promise you
we'll be together
our whole life through
there's nothin
that I would rather do
with all of my heart
I promise you
there's nothin
in this world I wouldn't do
I promise you


15.I Found Someone

don't you know
so many things they come and go
like your words that once rang true
like the love I thought I found in you
and I remember the thunder
talkin bout that fire in your eyes
but you walked away when I neeed you most
now maybe baby maybe baby
chorus:
I found someone
to take away the heartache
to take away the lonelines
I've been feelin' since you've been gone
since you've been gone
dry your eyes
I never could bear to see you cry
somday your love will shine through
show ya the feelin's that ya never really knew
but baby don't ya lose that thunder
talkin bout that fire in your eyes
you're lookin at me
but ya still don't believe
now maybe baby maybe baby
chorus:
I found someone
to take away the heartache
to take away the loneliness
I've been feelin since you've been gone
since you've been gone
bridge
too long on the border line
wonderin' if your love was really mine
but you left me with open eyes
that's when I realized and I realized
chorus:
and baby I found someone
to take away the heartache
to take away the lonelines
I've been livin with since you've been gone
since you've been gone


16.A Love So Beautiful

The summer sun went down on
Our love long ago
But in my heart I feel the same
Old afterglow

A love so beautiful
In every way
A love so beautiful
We let it slip away

We were too young to understand
To ever know
That lovers drift apart
And that's the way love goes

A love so beautiful
A love so free
A love so beautiful
A love for you and me

And when I think of you
I fall in love again

A love so beautiful
in every way
A love so beautiful
We let it slip away

And when I think of you
I fall in love again

A love so beautiful
We let it slip away

A love so beautiful
In every way

A love so beautiful
We let it slip away


17.This River

Oh this river
Oh this river runs
Can't tear my heart away from you
You are in my soul
Can't tame this love I feel for you
Can't escape what is meant to be
It's endless as the heavens
It's timeless and it's strong
It's faithful as an angel
It's right there right or wrong
There's no end to this emotion
It goes on and on

Chorus:
This river runs
This river runs so true
This river runs
This river runs to you
This river's deep as the ocean
Runs on blind emotion
This river runs, oh yeah

You're every beat within my heart
You are in my blood
Nothing could keep me from your arms
Where you are is where I'll always be
As long as there are mountains
And stars still fill the sky
As long as there's forever
I'm right here by your side
There's no end to this emotion
Till the end of time

Chrous

This river runs
Oh so deep within my soul
And it flows forever
And for the rest of all time
It will be there
Always be there