Day by Day - Janis Ian

Day by day, my heart

Right from the start

Tearing us apart

Hour by hour, my soul

Love takes its toll

More than you can know

Loving like I never wanted to

Now we’re here

I don’t know what to do

Loving love isn’t loving you

But nothing looks the same

When you’re calling out my name

Hour by restless hour

I tell the dark…

It’s only just a spark

Night after longing night

'Til there’s no more wrong or right

And nothing’s worth the fight

Of loving in the shadow of desire

Caught between the fury and the fire

Day by day until we’ve satisfied

The longest night, side by side

Love won’t be denied

Day by day, we steal

All that is real

From everything we feel

Hour by hour, the heart

Learns how to start again

Calling you friend

Captured by the shadows of desire

Living in the fury and the fire

Higher and higher

Day by day…