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Artist: Des'ree
Canonical path: /desree/what-ll-i-do
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What'll I Do
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What'll I Do
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I let you go 'cause I couldn't love you the way I should
I watched you leave - my heart was breaking - I was filled with grief
Running and running around in my head, finding solutions in the books I read
And I'm hunted by things that I did and I said
I was the jury and I sentenced me
What'll I do? What'll will I say when I see you again?
What'll I do? Oh my, what will I say when I see you
I'm terrified of bumping into you at an old jazz dive
I wanna call find out how you are, then I change my mind - I don't call you at all
I'm still running and running around in my head, finding solutions in the things I've read
And I'm hunted by things that I did and I said
I was the jury and I should set me free
What'll I do? (I thought I would die without you)
What'll I say when I see you again?
What will I do? (I thought I couldn't live without you) oh my
What'll I say when I see you
As the years go by, the tears they dry, I wondered why?
I was holding out terrified by doubt, was I in or out?
Should I stay or go, I don't really know, someone tell me so
I was mystified was it justified - I was do or die
What'll I do? (I thought I would die without you)
What'll I say when I see you?
What'll I do? (I thought I could live without you)
What'll I say when I see you
What'll I do? (I thought I would die without you)
What'll I say when I see you?
What'll I do? (I thought I could live without you)
What'll I say when see you - oh now
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