There's a light, a certain kind of light that never shone on me
I want my life to be lived with you, lived with you
There's a way everybody says to do each and every little thing
But what does it bring if I ain't got you, ain't got you, baby?

You don't know what it's like, baby
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody, to love somebody
The way I love you

In my parade I see your face again; I know my frame of mind
You ain't got to be so blind and I'm blind, so, so, so very blind
I'm a man; can't you see what I am? I live and breathe for you
But what good does it do if I ain't got you, ain't got you, baby?

You don't know what it's like, baby
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody, to love somebody
The way I love you

You don't know what it's like
You don't know what it's like
You don't know what it's like
To love somebody, to love somebody


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