I've made more mistakes than I can count upon my finger tips
I have been ashamed and I have felt as guilty as all sin
Counting every tear that drops cannot account for any loss
I'll let the past remain behind me now
Fill it up with goodness
I'll drink it down with love

Never give up on me
I will never give up on you
You're everything I need
Oh just look at what we've been through
So far so good

I have wished on every star that shot across my broken heart
I am still amazed that you came true
I have kissed a hundred lips
But none of them compare to this
I have found myself inside of you
You forgive my sad regrets
And I forgive myself

Never give up on me
I will never give up on you
You're everything I need
Oh just look at what we've been through

Never give up on me
I will never give up on you
You're everything I need
Oh just look at what we've been through
I love you


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Never Give Up on Me Lyrics as written by Robert Foster Jann Arden Richards

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    This song, to me, has always been about a relationship between people who are not (necessarily) lovers, but friends. Best friends. Soul mates. The person who, at the end of everything, will still be there for you, no matter what's happened.

    I'm led to believe this mostly because of the second verse. One hundred lovers still couldn't compare to the bond between these two.

    Shades_Of_Greyon July 19, 2008   Link

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