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Lionel Richie

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It's been this many yearsIt's been that many yearsAnd still have to ask the same questionWhy?Why don't it feel like it felt on the first nightWhen you and me would kiss at nightRemember what we tripped likeWhy don't it feel like felt on the first nightNow it's so hard to find two words to sayFunny me, funny youDon't have nothing lft in commonYou wanted me to have your heartNow you want it backWhat about the promise you made to meThat you wouldn't trade the key in for no damn reasonAnd suddenly we're flying highNow it's Mayday we're falling fastYou're trying to get lostI'm trying to pull upAnd damn I can't sayYou said you didn't need meI really didn't think that you would leave meWhy don't it feel like it felt on the first nightWhen you and me would kiss at nightRemember what we tripped likeWhy don't it feel like felt on the first nightNow it's so hard to find two words to sayWhy don't it feel like it felt on the first nightWhen we were saying things like where have you been all my lifeWhy don't it feel like felt on the first nightNow it's so hard to find two words to sayNow the kids are looking at me like I'm to blameNo longer got their respect for meDon't want to hear what I'm sayingI know how it feels to be ashamedCause when I was young I felt that pain tooAnd I can't say nothing that would cause you to make a changeAnd that's the reason that we're going our separate waysThen who am I foolingWhat am I doing thinking you love meWhy don't it feel like it felt on the first nightWhen you and me would kiss at nightRemember what we tripped likeWhy don't it feel like felt on the first nightNow it's so hard to find two words to sayWhy don't it feel like it felt on the first nightWhen we were saying things like where have you been all my lifeWhy don't it feel like felt on the first nightNow it's so hard to find two words to sayYou would think by this time I would get it rightKnow the schemes and the things that make it be rightWhen you said you could stay no longerI thought I had just a little more daylightLIke when we use to turn a fight into a good nightI know the things I use to do to make you feel rightI would give anything the fortune I madeTo bring back the days that the feeling was so rightWhy don't it feel like it felt on the first nightWhen you and me would kiss at nightRemember what we tripped likeWhy don't it feel like felt on the first nightNow it's so hard to find two words to sayWhy don't it feel like it felt on the first nightWhen we were saying things like where have you been all my lifeWhy don't it feel like felt on the first nightNow it's so hard to find two words to sayWhy don't it feel like it felt on the first nightWhen you and me would kiss at nightRemember what we tripped likeWhy don't it feel like felt on the first nightNow it's so hard to find two words to sayWhy don't it feel like it felt on the first nightWhen we were saying things like where have you been all my lifeWhy don't it feel like felt on the first nightNow it's so hard to find two words to sayWhy the dreams we had we threw them all awayWhy the dreams we had we let them slip away

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