Long Long Time / Rod McKuen

Love will abide, take things in stride
Sounds like good advice but there`s no one at my side.
And time washes clean, love`s wounds unseen

That`s what someone told me,
but I don`t know what it means.
Cause I`ve done everything I know
to try and make you mine
And I think I`m gonna love for a long long time.

Caught in my fears holding back the tears
I can`t say you hurt me but yet never let me near
And I never drew not one response from you
For a while you fell a people you never knew
Cause I`ve done everything I know
to try and make you mine
And I think it`s gonna hurt me for a long long time.

Wait for the day when you go away
Knowing that you warned me of the price I`d have to pay
And life`s full of flaws who knows the cause
Living in the memory of a love that never was
And I`ve done everything I know
to try and change your mind
And I think I`m gonna miss you for a long long time
Cause I`ve done everything I know
to try and make you mine
And I guess I`m gonna love you for a long long time.