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Artist: Hall and Oates
Canonical path: /hall-oates/missed-opportunity
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Missed Opportunity
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Missed Opportunity
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Keep on missing each other
Our world's out of order
All I see is Missed Opportunity
And we -
(Keep on missing each other)
Keep missing each other
(Our world's out of order)
All I see is Missed Opportunity
Will we ever learn
In trouble where will we turn
And when you're losing the fight
Who's your white knight gonna be
Feel you drift away
oh baby you don't hear what I'm sayin'
We had a chance to stay together
Ooh forever
But we got lost in a dream
(Keep on missing each other)
Missing each other
(Our world's out of order)
So all I see is
(Missed Opportunity)
Opportunity
And we (keep on missing each other)
Missing each other
(Our world's out of order)
All I see
(Missed Opportunity)
Missed Opportunity
Talk but never show
You're holding back
Words lack meaning that's all
Things you say ricochet
Miss by a mile
The words don't work for me
Who understands
Why the world's nasty girl
When we're doin' the best we can
Even tho we're walking a wire
Where there's hope there's desire
Calling you back to your white knight
(Keep on missing each other)
Missing each other
(Our world's out of order)
All I see is
(Missed Opportunity)
Missed Opportunity
And we
(Keep on missing each other)
Keep missing each other
(Our world's out of order)
All I see is
(Missed Opportunity)
Missed Opportunity
Yeah right
Now baby who understands
Not me, not me
Oh yeah
I (keep on missing each other)
Our (our world's out of order)
All I see is
(Missed Opportunity)
Oh we keep holding on
(keep on missing each other)
Can't together baby
(Our world's out of order)
It seems to me we're wasting all our time
(Missed Opportunity)
That's right
Oh holding on
(Keep on missing each other)
I try to keep holding on
(Our world's out of order)
No use baby, keep missing
(Missed Opportunity)
I tried
(And we keep on missing each other)
Tried so hard
(Our world's out of order)
I could've been, should've been
(Missed Opportunity)
(We keep on missing each other)
Oh we almost made it baby
(Our world's out of order)
Tried so hard and we got so close
(Missed Opportunity)
Oh we keep holding on
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