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I’m Giving Up on You

Joseph Williams
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I’m Giving Up on You Lyrics

Yeah, yeah

Yes, it is

Yeah

There was a time when we used to care
You and I had a love beyond compare
But that was yesterday
Yeah, yeah, yeah

When I try to get next to you
It's the last thing you want to do, baby
Oh, tell me what's a fool to do?

Stay inside, protect my pride
Everything was an illusion
Now I see I must be free
To fly away
Yeah, fly

What do I have to do to make you see
I'm not the fool you tried to make of me?
I thought the whole thing through
I'm givin' up on you
Now it's time for me to be a man
There comes a time when you must take a stand
That's what I'm gonna do
I'm givin' up on you
It's a shame that we had to fall
'Cause you and I seemed to have it all
But, baby, we finally hit a wall
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Now you say that you wanna try
(Wanna try)
But it's too late to give it one more cry
(One more cry)
So it's time to say goodbye
Yes, it is

Why was I the last to know?
Everything was an illusion
Now I see I must be free to fly away
Yeah, fly

What do I have to do to make you see
I'm not the fool you tried to make of me?
I thought the whole thing through
I'm givin' up on you

Stay inside, protect my pride
Everything was an illusion
Now I see I must be free
To fly away
Yeah, fly
What do I have to do to make you see
I'm not the fool you tried to make of me?
I thought the whole thing through
I'm givin' up on you
Now it's time for me to be a man
(Be a man)
There comes a time when you must take a stand
That's what I'm gonna do
I'm givin' up on you

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Release Date
1997
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