Kim Carnes

You can't abuse a love affair
Take for granted what you think is there
Let the silence fill the lonely air around us

The truth falls like pieces of dreams
Invisible walls that I can't see
How can it happen Why can't we just be

What is it makes us act so crazy
Riskin' it all
Over passion and pain
Stripped to the soul
We hold on for safety
And we give it all we know how
So don't cry now

The risk is all in the take
We see it all when it's too late
And we dance so fast
To keep the flame inside

What is it makes us act so crazy
Riskin' it all
Over passion and pain
Stripped to the soul
We hold on for safety
And we give it all we know how
So don't cry now

Do you remember
When nothing else mattered
But the fire in your eyes
How do we find ourselves
Caught in this battle
Of what to do with our lives

What is it makes us act so crazy
Riskin' it all
Over passion and pain
Stripped to the soul
We hold on for safety
And we give it all we know how
We give it all we know how
We give it all we know how
So don't cry now

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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Don’t Cry Now (single version)Kim Carnes

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