Kim Carnes

Songwriter: Phil Brown Eric Kaz

Producer: Val Garay

It's been a long time since I've seen you
And I don't know what to expect
Cause all the promises you made
You never kept

When you called to say you'd meet me here
What was going through your mind
Are you running to me
Or just running blind
Cause if you're gonna set me up this time

I'll be ready for you
I'm playing it cool
I'm taking a long look back
Cause I know I'll never forget
That I loved you a lot

And you tore my heart into pieces
How do I stop all the
Feeling I've got
From doing me in again

I went out of my way
But it just didn't pay
If you want to see me again
Just open the door
And love me like you never did before

You thought you were clever
When you disappeared
And kept me hanging on by a thread
You left me drowning in tears so deep
Way over my head
You had to place yourself beyond my reach
And play so hard to get
You know you did some things to me baby
I'll never forget

I know I'm taking a chance
Letting you back in again
If you don't need me
There's really no use to pretend

Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a session background singer with the famed Waters sisters (featured in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom). After she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, she released her debut album Rest on Me in 1972. Carnes' self-titled second album primarily contained self-penned songs, including her first charting single “You’re a Part of Me”, which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1975. In the following year, Carnes released Sailin', which featured “Love Comes from Unexpected Places”. The song won the American Song Festival and the award for Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival in 1976.

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