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Barry Manilow – Careless Whisper lyrics
Time can never mend
The careless whispers
Of a good friend
To the heart and mind,
Ignorance is kind
There's no comfort
In the truth
Pain is all you'll find

Should've known better

I feel so unsure
As I take your hand
And lead you
To the dance floor
As the music dies,
Something in your eyes
Calls to mind
The silver screen
And all it's sad good-byes

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool

Should've known better
Than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance
That I've been given
So I'm never
Gonna dance again
The way
I danced with you

Time can never mend
The careless whispers
Of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There's no comfort
In the truth
Pain is all
You'll find

I'm never
Gonna dance again
Guilty feet have
Got no rhythm
Though
It's easy to pretend
I know
You're not a fool

Should've known better
Than to cheat a friend
And waste this chance
That I've been given
So I'm never
Gonna dance again
The way
I danced with you

Never without your love

Tonight
The music seems so loud
I wish
That we could lose
This crowd
Maybe
It's better this way
We'd hurt each other
With the things
We'd want to say

We could have been
So good together
We could have lived
This dance forever
But noone's
Gonna dance with me
Please stay

And I'm never
Gonna dance again
Guilty feet have
Got no rhythm
Though it's easy
To pretend
I know
You're not a fool

Should've known better
Than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance
That I've been given
So I'm never
Gonna dance again
The way
I danced with you

(Now that you're gone)
Now that you're gone
(Now that you're gone)
What I did's so wrong
That you had
To leave me alone
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Time can never mend The careless whispers Of a good friend To the heart and mind, Ignorance is kind There's no comfort In the truth Pain is all you'll find Should've known better I feel so unsure As I take your hand And lead you To the dance floor As the music dies, Something in your eyes Calls to mind The silver screen And all it's sad good-byes I'm never gonna dance again Guilty feet have got no rhythm Though it's easy to pretend I know you're not a fool Should've known better Than to cheat a friend And waste the chance That I've been given So I'm never Gonna dance again The way I danced with you Time can never mend The careless whispers Of a good friend To the heart and mind Ignorance is kind There's no comfort In the truth Pain is all You'll find I'm never Gonna dance again Guilty feet have Got no rhythm Though It's easy to pretend I know You're not a fool Should've known better Than to cheat a friend And waste this chance That I've been given So I'm never Gonna dance again The way I danced with you Never without your love Tonight The music seems so loud I wish That we could lose This crowd Maybe It's better this way We'd hurt each other With the things We'd want to say We could have been So good together We could have lived This dance forever But noone's Gonna dance with me Please stay And I'm never Gonna dance again Guilty feet have Got no rhythm Though it's easy To pretend I know You're not a fool Should've known better Than to cheat a friend And waste the chance That I've been given So I'm never Gonna dance again The way I danced with you (Now that you're gone) Now that you're gone (Now that you're gone) What I did's so wrong That you had To leave me alone Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: Andrew J. Ridgeley, George Michael
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