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Phil Collins – Can't Turn Back The Years lyrics
'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
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'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 Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: Phillip David Charles Collins
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