Lyrics Mary J Blige – The Love I Never Had

Intro — Spoken
You know sometimes
There come a time in your life
When you love something

I have always wondered why
Why I can’t live without you babe
And I’m longing to be your lady
I understand that you are leaving
Please don’t leave here without me, babe
Cause I think I might go insane

1
— Cause everybody needs someone to love
And I know that it’s true
And I know that it’s you
I don’t understand
Why you can’t be my man
So I’ve gotta wake up
Stop living in a dream
Yes I’ve gotta wake up
Cause I can’t lose the love I never had
Yeah I’ve gotta wake up
As painful as it seems
Yes I better wake up

Every time I close my eyes
I see visions of you and I
Sharing love of a special kind, oh
I got to laugh to keep from crying, yeah
To hide all the pain inside
Cause I can’t get you off my mind

Repeat 1

Oh, it made me realize
Honey, I don’t wanna live a lie
But you don’t know how hard I try
What do I have to lose?
Oh I think a little bit more than you
And I doubt you will see things
Clearer than me, before it’s too late

Repeat 1

Oh, ya hurt me so bad
I I I got to wake up
Break it down, break it down

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
All the times I’ve cried
It made me realize
That I was only living a lie
But you don’t know how hard I tried
To make sure you were satisfied yeah
Cause I thought you were only mine
And I doubt if you will see things clearly
Before it’s too late, too late, too late
I don’t understand why you can’t be my man
Oh everybody needs somebody to love
Everybody needs somebody yeah
Oh, do do do
Baby, baby, baby I can’t live without you
And I doubt that you will see things clearly
Before it’s too late, yeah
Oh you hurt me so, you hurt me so
La la la, la la la
I can’t lose, I can’t lose
I can not lose, I can not lose
Oh oh oh
I can’t lose a love I never had
Oh yeah yeah