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Artist: The Temptations
Canonical path: /temptations/if-i-don-t-love-you-this-way
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If I Don't Love You This Way
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If I Don't Love You This Way
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Listen, baby:
If I don't love you this way (hey)
why do I say what I say? (hey)
If I don't need you this much (baby)
Why do I ache for your touch? (much)
With you it seems
I can reach the stars
With reckless
hopes and dreams
But you it seems
Still don't believe
How valuble you are
I really loving you baby
I'm not pretending to
If I don't love you this strong
Why do I beg to belong
How can you doubt that I care (baby)
When I'm with you everywhere, yeah
With you I find
I can close my eyes
To the world surrounding me
And you create
The sweetest things
That I could ever be
I really really really loving you baby
I'm not pretending to (he-e-ey)
If I don't love you this way (hey)
Why do I say what I say?
If I don't need you this much (baby)
Why do I ache for your touch?
You just have to smile
To make my life worth while
Doesn't that explain
That I'm playin' no games
If I don't love you this way (hey!)
Why do I say what I say? (hey!)
If I don't need you this much (baby)
Why do I ache for your touch?
If I don't love you this strong
Why do I beg to belong
How can you doubt that I care (baby)
When I'm with you everywhere, yeah
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