Phil Collins

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]

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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