Time, Love And Tenderness 'The

Michael bolton Time, Love And Tenderness 'The Lyrics
1.How Can We Be Lovers

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
How can we be lovers if we can't be, can't be friends

Look at us now, look at us baby
Still trying to work it out, never get it right
We must be fools, we must be crazy
ohhh.. when theres no comunication
ohhh... it's a no win situation

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

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

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
How can we be lovers if we can't be, can't be friends

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

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

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
How can we be lovers if we can't be, can't be friends

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
How can we be lovers if we can't be, can't be friends

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
How can we be lovers if we can't be, can't be friends


2.Sittin' On 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.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 peacefuldreams I see
The road leads back 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 song
Keeps Georgia forever on my mind


4.Lean On Me

sometimes in our lives
we all have pain,
we all have sorrow
But if we are wise
we know that there's
always tomorrow

lean on me baby
when you're not strong
I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on,
For it won't be long
till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on

Please swallow your pride
if i have things
you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your needs
that you won't let show

Just call on me brother
when you need a hand
we all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem
that you'd understand
we all need somebody to lean on

Just call on me brother
when you need a hand
we all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem
that you'd understand
we all need somebody to lean on

If there is a load
you have to bear
that you can't carry
I'm right up the road
i'll share your load
if you'll just call me

Call me...when you need a friend
call me...call me..
and i'll be your friend...
call me...call me
Repeat


5.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 leavin', someone's swept your heart away
From the look uponyour face I see it's true

So tell me all about it, tell me 'bout the plans you're makin'
Oh, then tell me one thing more before I go

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

I'm too proud for cryin', 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 built my world around
The hope that one day we'd be so much more than friends

I don't wanna know the price I'm gonna pay for dreaming, oh
Even now it's more than I can take

No, I don't wanna know the price I'm gonna pay for dreaming
Oh, now that your dream has come true


6.When A Man Loves A Woman

When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothing else
He'd trade the world for the good things 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
He'd spend his very last dime
Trying to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all his comforts
Sleep out in the rain
If she said that's the way it ought to be

When a man loves a woman
I'd give you everything I've got
Trying to hold onto your precious love
Baby, 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
More than eyes can ever see

That's when a man loves a woman
I know exactly how it feels
'Cause baby, baby when a man loves a woman
When a man loves a woman


7.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

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

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

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


8.Soul Provider

Talk about love, talk about trust
Talkin' 'bout forever, baby
When you're talkin' 'bout us
I give you my word, stick to my guns
Believe me, when I tell you, baby
That we've just begun
You don't understand, no
The full intent of my plan

Baby, I wanna be soul provider, yeah
Baby, I wanna stay that way for the longest time
Baby, I wanna be soul provider
Just say you'll let me and, darlin', I will, I will yeah

I know you've been hurt,
I know your loves shy
You don't have to say it, baby
It's gonna take some time
You got my heart in the palm of your hands
Swear, it's gonna stay there, baby,
Give me half a chance
You don't understand, no
The full intent of my plan

Baby, I wanna be soul provider
And, baby, I wanna stay that way for the longest time
Baby, I wanna be soul provider
Just say you'll let me and,darlin', I will

I've been waitin' for a long time for somebody like you
To give my love, all my love day and night oh
Just say you'll be mine for the rest of your life
Baby, I'll show you why

I wanna be soul provider
Baby, I wanna be soul provider, yeah
Oh honey, I wanna stay that way for the longest time
Baby, I wanna be, wanna be your soul provider, yeah
Baby...Talk about love...Talk about trust...
I wanna, I wanna be, baby, I wanna be your soul,
Your soul provider...


9.I Found Someone

Don't you know
So many things they come and go
Like your words that once rang true
Just like the love I thought I found in you
And I remember the thunder
I mean that fire in your eyes
But you walked away
When I needed you most
And maybe, maybe, maybe, baby

I found someone, to take away the heartache
To take away the loneliness
I've been feeling since you've been gone
Since you've been gone

Dry your eyes
I never could bear to see you cry
Some day your love will shine through
And show you the feelings that never really knew
Baby, don't you loose the thunder
I mean that fire in your eyes
You're looking at me, but you still don't believe
And maybe, maybe, maybe, baby

I found someone to take away the heartache
To take away the loneliness
I've been feeling since you've been gone
Since you've been gone

Too long on the border line
Wondering if your love was really mine
You left me with open eyes
That's when I realized and I realized that baby

I found someone to take away the heartache
To take away the loneliness
I've been living with since you've been gone
Since you've been gone


10.Time, Love And 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 as sadas 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

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 tendrness

I understand how you're feelin' 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 you 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 luck's gonna change

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
Oooh oooh
Time, love and tendernes
Time, love and tenderness

Baby, it's all you need....
Time, love and tenderness...


11.Steel Bars

in the night i hear you speak
turn around your in my sleep
yeah...
feel your hands inside my soul
holding on and you won't let go
yeah...
I try to run but theres no where to stay
I keep dangling and i just can't break these

Steel bars wrapped around me
I've been your prisoner since the day you found me
i'm bound forever til the end of time
Steel bars wrapped around this heart of mine

trying hard to recognize
see the face behind the eyes
yeah..
In your heart theres weights like chains
but my heart there still remains
oh..
I'm still running but theres nowhere to hide
my love for you has got me locked up inside these

Steel bars wrapped around me
I've been your prisnoer since the day you found me
i'm bound forever til the end of time
Steel bars wrapped around this heart of mine

every damn step i take
every desperate move i make
it's clear to me
what could all my living mean
the time i tell is so obscene
time itself don't mean a thing
I'm still in love with you

(steel bars wrapped around me
I've been your prisoner since the day you found me
I'm bound forever til the end of time
Steel bars wrapped around this heart of mine)

Steel bars wrapped around me
I've been your prisnoer since the day you found me
i'm bound forever til the end of time
Steel bars wrapped around this heart of mine


12.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 closer, baby (let's begin)
Love is takin' over, gotta let it in
Ooh and I need to feel the heart of you
I need to reach the very deepest part of you

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, oh
Can I touch you there, can I touch you oh...(there)

Ooooh 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) Come on closer, baby
(can't be close enough)
I can't help the way I hold you
I just hunger for your love
Ooooh and I need to feel the heart of you
I need to reach the very deepest part of you

All I wanna do is touch you, baby
Touch your very soul inside of you
Ooooh and I need to feel the heart of you
I need to reach the very deepest part of you
Oh, let me be the one to show you
Just what love can do
Come on, baby, come on


13.The Best Of Love

I've got this somethin' to tell you
There ain't no doubt in my mind
All I'm askin' is to keep you near forever
Just till the end of time

Baby, I know where love growsMy heart is overflowin'
You're so fine and so true
I wanna spend my time, spendin' time with you, baby

I've got the best of love
With every breath and every beat of my heart
You know you've got me by my deepest emotion
'cause you keep givin' me the best of love

Passion and sweet inspiration
So rare and so hard to find
You are my journey & my destination
Queen of this heart of mine

Baby, I know where love grows
In my life it's overflowin'
You're so fine and it's so true
I know, I've got it all
All because of you, baby

I've got the best of love
With every breath and every beat of my heart
You know, ya reach into my deepest emotion
And you keep givin' me the best of love

With every moment that passes by
This love goes on
It keeps growin' stronger
And the more we're together
The best keeps gettin' better, baby

I've got the best of love
With every breath and every beat of my heart
You know you're down inside my deepest emotion
So, just keep givin' me the best of love, oh oh

I've got the best of love
With every breath and every beat of my heart
Ain't nothin' finer than that sweetest emotion
Just keep givin' me, just keep on givin' me
The best of love, best of love, THE BEST OF LOVE...


14.To Love Somebody

There's a light
a certain kind of light
that never shown on me
I want my life to be
lived with you
lived with you

There's a way
everybody says
to do each and every little thing
but what does it bring
if i ain't got you
if i ain't got you

chorus
baby you don't know what its like
baby you don't know what its like
to love somebody
to love somebody
the way I love you

In my mind
I see your face again
I know my frame of mind
you ain't got to be so blind
but I'm blind
so very blind

I'm a man
can't you see what i am
I live and breathe and for you
but what good does it do
if i ain't got you
if i ain't got you

chorus
baby you don't know what its like
baby you don't know what its like
to love somebody
to love somebody
the way i love you

repeat chorus until end


15.Drift Away

Day after day I'm more confused
But I look for the light through the pourin' rain
You know, that's a game, that I hate to loose
I'm feelin' the strain, ain't it a shame

Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and DRIFT AWAY
Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and DRIFT AWAY

Beginin' to think, that I'm wastin' time
And I don't understand the things I do
The world outside looks so unkind
I'm countin' on you to carry me through

And when my mind is free
You know your melody can move me
And when I'm feelin' blue
The guitars come through to soothe me

Thanks for the joy you've given me
I want you to know I believe in your song
And rhythm, and rhyme, and harmony
You helped me along, you're makin' me strong


16.When I'm Back On My Feet Again

Gonna break 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, oh

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
I'm 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

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

And I'm not gonna crawl again
I will learn to stand tall again
No, I'm not gonna fall again
'cause 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