[Verse 1]
Love will abide, take things in stride
Sounds like good advice, but there's no one by my side
But time washes clean love's wounds unseen
But that's what somebody told me, but I don't know what it means

[Chorus]
'Cause I've done everything I know to try to make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you, oh, for a long, long time

[Verse 2]
Caught in my fears
And I'm sitting here blinking back the tears
I can't say it was you that hurt me when you never let me near
Ooh, but I, I never drew one response from you
No, no, no, not one
All the while you fell all over girls you never knew

[Chorus]
Oh, but I, I'm doing everything I know to try to make you mine
Oh, I know I'm gonna love you, oh, for a long, long time

[Verse 3]
Wait for the day
'Cause they tell me that it will go away
Knowing that you warned me of the price I'd have to pay
Ooh, ooh, ooh, life is full of flaws
Sometimes I wonder, who knows the cause?
I'm living in the memory of a love, ooh, that never was
[Chorus]
Oh, but I, I'm doing everything I know 'cause I wanna make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you for a long, long time
'Cause I'm, I'm doing everything I know 'cause I wanna make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you for a long, long time

[Outro]
I think I'm gonna love you
Yes, I know I'm gonna love you
And it will be for a long time