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Lyrics

VERSE
All this time we’ve been together
I’ve loved you so and now you want to leave
But I want you forever ’cause you gave your love to me
And you can’t have it back

VERSE
Everything we’ve been to each other
Is part of me now, and you can't paint it back
Now you want another, but you gave your love to me
And you can’t have it back

CHORUS
You say you can’t pretend anymore
That you still love me like you did before
I’m tellin’ you just what’s fiction and what’s fact
You gave your love, and you can’t have it back

SOLO/VERSE
But if you must go with him
Leave today, but there's one thing you can't take
Take everything but your love
’Cause you gave your love to me
And you can’t have it back

Repeat CHORUS/TAG
[Melody to verse hummed and then]
[Whispered] You can't have it back...

Words & Music by Don Tomlinson & Kathy Ross
UMC © 2019 Solid Sterling Music, LLC & Heart Key Music (BMI)
SR © 2026 Solid Sterling Music, LLC
All Rights Reserved.

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Contact phone number: 832.444.4848 (text/mobile)
Email: don@solidsterlingmusic.com
Description: Fearing loss; Expression of love...
ISRC: QZ37R1900194
BMI: 20807143
ISWC: T9179736164