Phil Collins

Released: October 18, 1993

Songwriter: Phil Collins

Producer: Phil Collins

[Verse 1: Phil Collins]
Could've given you everything that you need
But I cannot turn back the years
The perfect love was all you wanted from me
But I cannot turn back the years

[Chorus: Phil Collins]
So we have to be strong, and I'm finding that hard
We have to move on, but no matter how hard I try
If your heart's in pieces, you look for the truth
And when I look deep down inside I know, it's too bad I love you
Too bad I love you

[Verse 2: Phil Collins]
Sometimes hits me in the morning, hits me at night
That I cannot turn back the years
So I look out my window, turn off my light
But I cannot turn back the years
Can't make it seem easy, when you're all that I see
Can't live in a dream and I won't serenade the truth
People are hurting and they're looking to me
And I look at you there's nothing more to say, it's too bad I love you

[Bridge: Phil Collins]
But I'm never going to (give it up)
(Give it up, give it up)
No i love you and I'm never going to (give it up)
(Give it up, give it up)
I'll keep holding on to you (give it up)
(Give it up, give it up)
And i'm never going to give it up
(Give it up, give it up)

[Verse 3: Phil Collins]
All that I lived for, all that I dreamed
But I cannot turn back the years
You're the water I drink, you're the air that I breathe
But I cannot turn back the years

[Chorus: Phil Collins]
So we have to be strong, and I'm finding that hard
We have to move on, but no matter how hard I try
If your heart's in pieces, you look for the truth
And when I look deep down inside I know, it's too bad I love you

[Outro: Phil Collins]
But I'm never gonna (give it up)
(Give it up, give it up)
No, no, no never gonna (give it up)
(Give it up, give it up)
It's here to stay and I'm never gonna (give it up)
(Give it up, give it up)
Never gonna give it up, never gonna (give it up)
(Give it up, give it up)
No I'm never gonna give it up
Never gonna give it up (give it up)
(Give it up, give it up)
No I'm never gonna give it up (give it up)
(Give it up, give it up)
You know you mean too much to me

Phil Collins is an English singer, songwriter and musician who has also worked as a record producer and actor. He led a successful solo career after being the drummer and lead singer in the rock band Genesis.

Between 1983 and 1990, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career, and compiled more US top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s.

Internationally famous for his 1981 hit single “In the Air Tonight”, the most successful songs of his repertoire include “Sussudio”, “Another Day in Paradise”, “Against All Odds”.

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