Released: January 7, 1985
Songwriter: Michael Sembello Danny Sembello
Producer: Russ Titelman
[Verse 1]
When the picture tells it all
There's no need for trying or pretending
You whip your suitcase in the hall
It's not a time for lying, no more crying
I gave up what I may never see, return to me
[Chorus]
Hold me, like you used to do before
Let me wrap my arms around you, baby
You told me that you'd never leave no more
So I wrap my life around you
[Verse 2]
Before the pleasure turns to shame
It's a time for leaving not deceiving
And though a promise has been made
I would never hold you from what you need to do
You keep the years
But the moments I'll keep near forever dear
[Chorus]
Hold me, like you used to do before
Let me wrap my arms around you, baby
You told me that you'd never leave no more
So I wrap my life around you
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
I gave a heart that I may never see return to me
[Chorus]
Hold me, like you used to do before
Let me wrap my arms around you, baby
You told me that you'd never leave no more
So I wrap my life around you
[Bridge]
The passage of years
My song you might hear
In some caught-up and lonely café
And wonder could it ever be
That good again
Guess we'll never know (We'll never know)
[Outro]
Hold me, like you used to do before
Let me wrap my arms around you, baby
You told me that you'd never leave no more
So I wrap my life around you
Hold me, like you used to do before
Let me wrap my arms around you, baby
You told me that you'd never leave no more
So I wrap my life around you
Hold me, like you used to do before
Let me wrap my arms around you, baby
You told me that you'd never leave no more
So I wrap my life around you
When the picture tells it all
There's no need for trying or pretending
You whip your suitcase in the hall
It's not a time for lying, no more crying
I gave up what I may never see, return to me
[Chorus]
Hold me, like you used to do before
Let me wrap my arms around you, baby
You told me that you'd never leave no more
So I wrap my life around you
[Verse 2]
Before the pleasure turns to shame
It's a time for leaving not deceiving
And though a promise has been made
I would never hold you from what you need to do
You keep the years
But the moments I'll keep near forever dear
[Chorus]
Hold me, like you used to do before
Let me wrap my arms around you, baby
You told me that you'd never leave no more
So I wrap my life around you
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
I gave a heart that I may never see return to me
[Chorus]
Hold me, like you used to do before
Let me wrap my arms around you, baby
You told me that you'd never leave no more
So I wrap my life around you
[Bridge]
The passage of years
My song you might hear
In some caught-up and lonely café
And wonder could it ever be
That good again
Guess we'll never know (We'll never know)
[Outro]
Hold me, like you used to do before
Let me wrap my arms around you, baby
You told me that you'd never leave no more
So I wrap my life around you
Hold me, like you used to do before
Let me wrap my arms around you, baby
You told me that you'd never leave no more
So I wrap my life around you
Hold me, like you used to do before
Let me wrap my arms around you, baby
You told me that you'd never leave no more
So I wrap my life around you
more tracks from the album
From the album
- 20/20 (1984)
George Benson popular songs
- You Are the Love Of My Life
- Give Me the Night
- Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You
- This Masquerade
- In Your Eyes
- On Broadway
- Turn Your Love Around
- The Greatest Love of All
- 20/20
- Got To Be There
- Medicine Man
- Cast Your Fate to the Wind
- Cell Phone
- Loving Is Better Than Leaving
- Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing
- Love Dance
- Tenderly
- Let’s Do It Again (single version)
- Hold On! I’m Comin’
- Here Comes The Sun / I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
- Something / Octopus’s Garden / The End
- Love Ballad
- Rainy Night in Georgia
- Lost In Love