In the 1980s, sunglasses were a common fashion for people who wanted to adopt a "tough guy" persona (note all the cop shows from that era -- Simon & Simon, Miami Vice, etc. -- where the lead characters wore shades). So I think this song is about a guy who wears shades as a way of hiding his insecurity after learning that his girlfriend is cheating on him. He's trying to pretend that he's a "tough guy" to hide the fact that his girlfriend's affair is disturbing him.
There are times that I should go away
To think of you and I
For it isn't only now, I need your love
All of my life, all of my life
In the night time when I lie awake
And think of you in my heart
For it isn't only now, I need your love
All of my life, all of my life
Oh wouldn't you believe me if I told you
That I love you, and I do
Everyone believes me when I tell them
Why don't you, why don't you
When I think of things that ought to be
And I feel your hand in mine
Yes it isn't only now, I need your love
All of my life, all of my life
All of my life, all of my life
Oh wouldn't you believe if I told you
That I love you, and I do
Everyone believes me when I tell them
Why don't you, why don't you
When I think of things that ought to be
And I feel your hand in mine
Yes it isn't only now, I need your love
All of my life, all of my life
All of my life (Repeat: x3)
To think of you and I
For it isn't only now, I need your love
All of my life, all of my life
In the night time when I lie awake
And think of you in my heart
For it isn't only now, I need your love
All of my life, all of my life
Oh wouldn't you believe me if I told you
That I love you, and I do
Everyone believes me when I tell them
Why don't you, why don't you
When I think of things that ought to be
And I feel your hand in mine
Yes it isn't only now, I need your love
All of my life, all of my life
All of my life, all of my life
Oh wouldn't you believe if I told you
That I love you, and I do
Everyone believes me when I tell them
Why don't you, why don't you
When I think of things that ought to be
And I feel your hand in mine
Yes it isn't only now, I need your love
All of my life, all of my life
All of my life (Repeat: x3)
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