Released: January 1, 1996
Songwriter: Lionel Richie David Cochrane
Producer: Lionel Richie James Anthony Carmichael
[Verse 1]
Oh my love
You say nothing's wrong
You say you love me
What we've got is so strong
But I know someone else
Is loving you
Baby, if you don't really love me
Just say we're through
[Chorus]
You know I had to realize
Your love was just a game
Oh change
Now I've got to take time to stop
And rearrange
Change
I've got to walk away from you
Before I lose my mind
I need a change
'Cause all I'm going to do with you is
Just keep wasting time
[Verse 2]
Did you lie when you said
Your love was mine?
Or was I being foolish
'Cause my heart was blind?
Sometimes I feel like
Just holding you would make things okay
But now I see
The price of loving you I'll have to pay
[Chorus]
You know I had to realize
Your love was just a game
Oh change
Now I've got to take time to stop
And rearrange
Change
I've got to walk away from you
Before I lose my mind
I need a change
'Cause all I'm going to do with you is
Just keep wasting time
[Bridge]
Somebody said you don't love me no more, baby
I don't know why you're hurting me
The way you're hurting me, oh
Right now I know the truth about
You and your new lover
I'm running for cover
So you can say what you want to say
Say what you're going to do
I can't stand the way you treat me
I'm giving up on you, oh
Somebody said you don't love me no more, baby
I don't know why you're hurting me
The way you're hurting me, oh
Right now I know the truth about
You and your new lover
I'm running for cover
So you can say what you want to say
Say what you're going to do
I can't stand the way you treat me
I'm giving up on you, oh
[Chorus]
You know I had to realize
Your love was just a game
Oh change
Now I've got to take time to stop
And rearrange
Change
I've got to walk away from you
Before I lose my mind
Oh, change
'Cause all I'm going to do with you is
Just keep wasting time
Change
[Outro]
You hurt me
Everybody's talking, walking around talking about me and you
Your lover
Can't believe it, baby, just can't believe it
How could this happen? What did I do to you?
What did I do wrong? Tell me, baby, tell me something
I need a change, I need to walk away
Oh my love
You say nothing's wrong
You say you love me
What we've got is so strong
But I know someone else
Is loving you
Baby, if you don't really love me
Just say we're through
[Chorus]
You know I had to realize
Your love was just a game
Oh change
Now I've got to take time to stop
And rearrange
Change
I've got to walk away from you
Before I lose my mind
I need a change
'Cause all I'm going to do with you is
Just keep wasting time
[Verse 2]
Did you lie when you said
Your love was mine?
Or was I being foolish
'Cause my heart was blind?
Sometimes I feel like
Just holding you would make things okay
But now I see
The price of loving you I'll have to pay
[Chorus]
You know I had to realize
Your love was just a game
Oh change
Now I've got to take time to stop
And rearrange
Change
I've got to walk away from you
Before I lose my mind
I need a change
'Cause all I'm going to do with you is
Just keep wasting time
[Bridge]
Somebody said you don't love me no more, baby
I don't know why you're hurting me
The way you're hurting me, oh
Right now I know the truth about
You and your new lover
I'm running for cover
So you can say what you want to say
Say what you're going to do
I can't stand the way you treat me
I'm giving up on you, oh
Somebody said you don't love me no more, baby
I don't know why you're hurting me
The way you're hurting me, oh
Right now I know the truth about
You and your new lover
I'm running for cover
So you can say what you want to say
Say what you're going to do
I can't stand the way you treat me
I'm giving up on you, oh
[Chorus]
You know I had to realize
Your love was just a game
Oh change
Now I've got to take time to stop
And rearrange
Change
I've got to walk away from you
Before I lose my mind
Oh, change
'Cause all I'm going to do with you is
Just keep wasting time
Change
[Outro]
You hurt me
Everybody's talking, walking around talking about me and you
Your lover
Can't believe it, baby, just can't believe it
How could this happen? What did I do to you?
What did I do wrong? Tell me, baby, tell me something
I need a change, I need to walk away
more tracks from the album
Louder Than Words (Deluxe Version)
- Piece of Love
- Still In Love (Italian Version)
- Still In Love (Italian/English Version)
- Don’t Wanna Lose You (Radio Version)
- What Do They Know*
- Climbing
- Lovers At First Sight
- Now You’re Gone
- Don’t Wanna Lose You
- Paradise
- Say I Do
- Ordinary Girl
- Nothing Else Matters
- Change
- Can’t Get Over You
- I Wanna Take You Down
- Still in Love
- Still In Love (Spanish Version)
From the albums
- Louder Than Words (1996)
- Louder Than Words (Deluxe Version) (2021)
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