I don't know how this whole business started
Of you thinkin' that I have been untrue
But if you think that we'd be better parted
It's gonna hurt me, but I'll break away from you
Well, just give me the sign and I will be gone, yeah

(That's how much I feel) feel for you, baby
(How much I need) well I need your touch
(How much I live) I live for your loving
That's how much (that's how much)
That's how much, that's how much

I sleep alone, and late at night I'm dreamin'
Of the togetherness that seems to be leaving me
I'd give it all and then I'd give some more
If you would only love me like you had before
Well, take hold of my hand and all will be forgiven, yeah

(That's how much I feel) feel for you, baby
(How much I need) I need your touch
(How much I live) I live for your loving
(That's how much) that's how much
That's how much, that's how much

So you try (try), try to stay in the middle
And then you cry (cry), well you cry just a little
Then you both realize
Just how foolish you've been
And you try to make amends
But you're better off as friends
'Cause that's how much (that's how much)
That's how much, that's how much

How's your life been goin' on?
I've got a wife now, years we've been goin' strong
Oh, no, there's just something that I've got to say
Sometimes when we make love
I still can see your face
Ooh, just try to recall
When we were as one, yeah

(That's how much I feel) feel for you, baby
(How much I need) I need your touch
(How much I live) I live for your loving
That's how much


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How Much I Feel Lyrics as written by David Pack

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    Man, I'm such a cheeseball. This song gets me every time. Clearly it's about a guy loving someone so much, but they are unable to make it work. So, he gives them up and goes on with his life, but he never stops loving them. Heartbreaking.

    I think some of the lyrics here are incorrect though. In the second verse, I'm thinking it should be "Give it all and then I'd give some more / If you would only love me like you had before". Then in the bridge it should be "Then you both realize just how foolish you've been / And you try to make amends". Then, I'm not sure. I don't think "But you're pulling all the strings" is right. Doesn't sound like that to me and doesn't really fit. I've seen on other sites that it's "But you're better off as friends." But I always thought it was something like, "But you crumble under the stress." Who knows? It's still a great song.

    smellykellyjayon August 12, 2006   Link

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