Kim Carnes

Songwriter: Wendy Waldman Kim Carnes Eric Kaz Dave Ellingson

Producer: Val Garay

If I told you tonight that I loved you
Would you walk my way? Would you say
Lies that I wanted to hear?
If I told you tonight that I need you
Would you break my heart? Would you start
Wearing me down again?

I feel so lonely when I'm with you
But I'm so lonely when you're gone
I can't live with you
I can't live without you
But I still hold on

If I told you tonight I was leaving
Would you call my name, take the blame
Turn it all around again?
'Cause you know I love you
And it's worth the heartache
I curse the heartbreak we make
But I still hold on

I feel so lonely when I'm with you
But I'm so lonely when you're gone
I can't live with you
I can't live without you
I still hold on, oh, I still hold on

I feel so lonely when I'm with you
But I'm so lonely when you're gone
I can't live with you
I can't live without you
Yet I still hold on, I still hold on
Oh, I still hold on, I still hold on

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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