'No matter how much you think you want or need it, the past has to remain just that, the past...'



Could've given you everything that you need

but I cannot turn back the years

The perfect love was all you wanted from me

but I cannot turn back the years



So we have to be strong, and I'm finding that hard

we have to move on, but no matter how hard I try

if your heart's in pieces, you look for the truth

and when I look deep down inside I know, it's too bad I love you



Sometimes. hits me in the morning, hits me at night

that I cannot turn back the years

so I look out my window, turn off my light

but I cannot turn back the years



Can't make it seem easy, when you're all that I see

can't live in a dream and I won't serenade the truth

people are hurting and they're looking to me

and I look at you there's nothing more to say, it's too bad I love you



But I'm never gonna give it up



All that I lived for, all that I dreamed

but I cannot turn back the years

You're the water i drink, you're the air that I breathe

but i cannot turn back the years



So we have to be strong, and I'm finding that hard

we have to move on, but no matter how hard I try

if your heart's in pieces, you look for the truth

and when I look deep down inside I know, it's too bad I love you



But I'm never gonna give it up