Why? (Why do you treat me like you do) (Vorrei averti nonostante tutto) - Mina

My story is the same as many others

But stories sometimes have a happy ending

I wait here in the shadows to be near you

But in my heart I know that I’m pretending

I hear you quiet footsteps on the stairway

I know that you’re afraid that you will wake me

But I lie with my heart full of emotion

Just longing for your love to come and take me

Why, why do you treat me like you do?

You know there’s no one else but you

I want you more that you will ever know

My world begins and ends when you are close to me

Without your love what will become of me

Wanting you, needing you, what can I do?

Now as I feel the warmth of you beside me

Your gentle breathing tells me you are sleeping

With deep desire my fingers turn to touch you

But only lonely shadows hear me weeping

It’s wrong to treat me just like a possession

For I need to be loved the same as you do

While you have someone else to feed your hunger

There’s no one else I want to turn to

Why, why do you treat me like you do?

You know there’s no one else but you

I want you more that you will ever know

My world begins and ends when you are close to me

Without your love what will become of me

Wanting you, needing you, what can I do?

A day without a dream is not worth living

And so I’ll go on dreaming we’re together

For some were born for taking, some for giving

And I will give my love to you forever.