The Love I Never Had - Mary J. Blige

You know sometimes

There come a time in your life

When you love something

You have to let it go

And even though

You might feel there’s still something there

You have to wake up

Stop living in a dream

Cause it’s over now

You got to think about you

I have always wondered why

Why I can’t live without you babe

And I’m longing to be your lady

I understand that you are leaving

Please don’t leave here without me, babe

Cause I think I might go insane

— Cause everybody needs someone to love

And I know that it’s true

And I know that it’s you

I don’t understand

Why you can’t be my man

So I’ve gotta wake up

Stop living in a dream

Yes I’ve gotta wake up

Cause I can’t lose the love I never had

Yeah I’ve gotta wake up

As painful as it seems

Yes I better wake up

I can not lose a love I never had

Every time I close my eyes

I see visions of you and I

Sharing love of a special kind, oh

I got to laugh to keep from crying, yeah

To hide all the pain inside

Cause I can’t get you off my mind

Oh, it made me realize

Honey, I don’t wanna live a lie

But you don’t know how hard I try

What do I have to lose?

Oh I think a little bit more than you

And I doubt you will see things

Clearer than me, before it’s too late

Oh, ya hurt me so bad

I I I got to wake up

Break it down, break it down

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

All the times I’ve cried

It made me realize

That I was only living a lie

But you don’t know how hard I tried

To make sure you were satisfied yeah

Cause I thought you were only mine

And I doubt if you will see things clearly

Before it’s too late, too late, too late

I don’t understand why you can’t be my man

Oh everybody needs somebody to love

Everybody needs somebody yeah

Oh, do do do

Baby, baby, baby I can’t live without you

And I doubt that you will see things clearly

Before it’s too late, yeah

Oh you hurt me so, you hurt me so

La la la, la la la

I can’t lose, I can’t lose

I can not lose, I can not lose

Oh oh oh

I can’t lose a love I never had

Oh yeah yeah