Songwriter: Phil Collins
Producer: Hugh Padgham Phil Collins
[Verse 1]
When I opened your letter yesterday
I could not believe my eyes
Because I've already given all I have to give
And I think it must have slipped your mind
But I remember not so long ago
I gave it all, it's gone
And I gave it all to you
Now I'm living on borrowed time, but it's mine
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, d'you hear me?
I cannot believe it's true
Are you really doing the things you do
No I cannot believe it's you, really you
[Verse 2]
Oh these people I'm talking to don't understand
They don't seem to realize
They're listening but they're not hearing me
They're being too cruel to be kind
Any kind of feeling that I had is gone
Because I gave it all, it's gone
And I gave it all to you
Now I'm living on borrowed time, but it's mine
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, d'you hear me?
I cannot believe it's true
Are you really doing the things you do
No I cannot believe it's you, really you
[Chorus]
Over and over I keep on telling myself
Over and over I hope I'm gonna make up
Over and over I know it's really happening
And there's nothing that I can say
Because nothing can change all the things that you've done to me
Nothing can make me stay
Oh, Because you know I cannot believe it's true
Are you really doing the things you do
No I cannot believe it's you, really you
[Verse 3]
I know it's a crying shame, it's all the same to you
It seems all so well laid out but I cannot get through
Never meant it to show
It started happening, that's all you know
[Bridge]
Oh, I gave it all to you
Now I'm living on borrowed time, but it's mine
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
When I opened your letter yesterday
I could not believe my eyes
Because I've already given all I have to give
And I think it must have slipped your mind
But I remember not so long ago
I gave it all, it's gone
And I gave it all to you
Now I'm living on borrowed time, but it's mine
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, d'you hear me?
I cannot believe it's true
Are you really doing the things you do
No I cannot believe it's you, really you
[Verse 2]
Oh these people I'm talking to don't understand
They don't seem to realize
They're listening but they're not hearing me
They're being too cruel to be kind
Any kind of feeling that I had is gone
Because I gave it all, it's gone
And I gave it all to you
Now I'm living on borrowed time, but it's mine
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, d'you hear me?
I cannot believe it's true
Are you really doing the things you do
No I cannot believe it's you, really you
[Chorus]
Over and over I keep on telling myself
Over and over I hope I'm gonna make up
Over and over I know it's really happening
And there's nothing that I can say
Because nothing can change all the things that you've done to me
Nothing can make me stay
Oh, Because you know I cannot believe it's true
Are you really doing the things you do
No I cannot believe it's you, really you
[Verse 3]
I know it's a crying shame, it's all the same to you
It seems all so well laid out but I cannot get through
Never meant it to show
It started happening, that's all you know
[Bridge]
Oh, I gave it all to you
Now I'm living on borrowed time, but it's mine
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)
- The Singles (2016)
Phil Collins popular songs
- In the Air Tonight
- Another Day in Paradise
- Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
- You’ll Be in My Heart
- I Don’t Care Anymore
- One More Night
- On My Way
- Sussudio
- En Mi Corazón Vivirás (Versión Pop)
- Take Me Home
- You Can’t Hurry Love
- Don’t Lose My Number
- Son of Man
- I Wish It Would Rain Down
- All of My Life
- A Groovy Kind of Love
- Hijo de Hombre
- Two Worlds
- Son of Man (Broadway)
- Do You Remember?
- Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
- Strangers Like Me
- Two Hearts
- Can’t Stop Loving You