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Bolton Michael Michael Bolton The Early Years

: Lost in the city I'm movin' around To the sound of the song I've been...living High altitudes mixed With wrong attitudes Make me wonder Just what

: It's not the tape this song is recorded on It's not the way it ought to be done It's not the words that the singer is singin' It's not the way the

: These eyes, cry every night for you These arms, they long to hold you again The hurtin's on me And I will never be free, no Gave a promise to me Then

: If you need me, know I'll soon be with you Just call me, I'll give you all the love I can give you Didn't you see the look on my face today You know

: Time is on my side, yes it is Time is on my side, oh yes it is 'Cause I got the real love The kind that you need So you'll come runnin' back That you

: Woman, you don't understand Oh, I'm just a man Baby, that's all I am That's all I have ever been And you, you don't understand Oh, I've gotta live

Everybody needs a reason To make it through another day And everybody needs a reason Try and find another way I've been up, I've been down Seemed like

Dream little child, dream while you can Dream my child, dream while you can Of everything that I would dream If I had the time, dream while you can

It's not the tape this song is recorded on It's not the way it ought to be done It's not the words that the singer is singin' It's not the way the music