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Artist: Harry Belafonte
Canonical path: /harry-belafonte/long-long-time
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Long, Long Time
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Long, Long Time
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Love will abide
Take things in stride
Sounds like good advice
But there's no one at my side
And time washes clean
Love's wounds unseen
That's what someone told me
But I don't know what it means
"Cause I've done everything I know
To try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you
For a long, long time
Caught in my fears
Blinking back the tears
I can't say you hurt me
When you never let me near
And I never drew
One response from you
All the while you fell
All over girls you never knew
Cause I've done everything I know
To try and make you mine
And I think it's gonna hurt me
For a long, long time
I'm waiting for the day, you'll go away
Yes I know you warned me
Of the price I'd have to pay
Oh life's full of loss
Tell me who knows the cost
We're living in the memory
Of the love that never was
Cause I've done everything I know
Woman to try and change your mind
Well I hope I'm gonna miss you
For a long, long time
Cause I've done everything I know
To try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you
For a long, long time.
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