"The Longest Time" - Billy Joel
If you said goodbye to me tonight,
there would still be music left to write.
What else could I do? I'm so inspired by you...
That hasn't happened for the longest time.
Once I thought my innocence was gone...
Now I know that happiness goes on.
That's where you found me, when you put your arms around me.
I haven't been there for the longest time.
I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall,
And the greatest miracle of all
Is how I need you, and how you needed me, too...
That hasn't happened for the longest time.
Maybe this won't last very long...
But you feel so right, and I could be wrong.
Maybe I've been hoping too hard,
But I've gone this far and it's more than I hope for...
Who knows how much further we'll go on?
Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone.
I'll take my chances...I'd forgot how nice romance is.
I haven't been there for the longest time.
I had second thoughts at the start...
I said to myself, "Hold on to your heart."
Now I know the woman that you are...
You're wonderful so far, and it's more than I hoped for.
I don't care what consequence it brings...
I have been a fool for lesser things.
I want you so bad,
I think you ought to know that
I intend to hold you for the longest time.