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Artist: Phil Collins
Canonical path: /phil-collins/can-t-turn-back-the-years
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Can't Turn Back The Years
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Can't Turn Back The Years
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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've 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 the I dreamed
But I cannot turn back the years
You're the water I drink, you're the air that I breath
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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