Released: May 7, 1986
Songwriter: Tom Cochrane
Producer: Pat Moran Tom Cochrane
Won't be the first time you sit alone
Won’t be the first time you wait by the phone
Won't be the last time you drift away
Someplace we were such a long time ago
We would move like ghosts through the night
Always lookin' for some cause to fight
You’d always look for some cool James Dean type
You tried hard to make it like it was up on the screen
You know only fools believe what they cannot see
And only fools put their hands in the fire again and again
To see how it feels back in
No I don't want to hear you say
That it won't happen like this anymore
And while the radio plays
I'll sing that lasting song again
And again
We're shadows dancing from a fires embrace
Where time is passing in a wild nights race
You are the moon and I'll be the sun
Forget about who's won and who's lost tonight
You know only fools believe what they wanna see
And only fools put their hands in the fire again and again
To see how it feels back in
No I don’t want to hear you say
That it won’t happen like this anymore
And while the radio plays
I'll sing that lasting song again
Though I’m miles away
I still can hear her say
Play that song for me
Once again she said
The one that gets me high
The one that keeps me strong
Through another day
Into the lonely night
Again and again
Won't be the last time I sing that song
Under these lights so far from home again
No I don't want to hear you say
That it won't happen like this anymore
And while the radio plays
I’ll sing that lasting song like before
No I don't want to hear you say
That it won't happen like this anymore
And while the radio plays
I'll sing that lasting song
Yeah yeah yeah yeah (x2)
Won’t be the first time you wait by the phone
Won't be the last time you drift away
Someplace we were such a long time ago
We would move like ghosts through the night
Always lookin' for some cause to fight
You’d always look for some cool James Dean type
You tried hard to make it like it was up on the screen
You know only fools believe what they cannot see
And only fools put their hands in the fire again and again
To see how it feels back in
No I don't want to hear you say
That it won't happen like this anymore
And while the radio plays
I'll sing that lasting song again
And again
We're shadows dancing from a fires embrace
Where time is passing in a wild nights race
You are the moon and I'll be the sun
Forget about who's won and who's lost tonight
You know only fools believe what they wanna see
And only fools put their hands in the fire again and again
To see how it feels back in
No I don’t want to hear you say
That it won’t happen like this anymore
And while the radio plays
I'll sing that lasting song again
Though I’m miles away
I still can hear her say
Play that song for me
Once again she said
The one that gets me high
The one that keeps me strong
Through another day
Into the lonely night
Again and again
Won't be the last time I sing that song
Under these lights so far from home again
No I don't want to hear you say
That it won't happen like this anymore
And while the radio plays
I’ll sing that lasting song like before
No I don't want to hear you say
That it won't happen like this anymore
And while the radio plays
I'll sing that lasting song
Yeah yeah yeah yeah (x2)