Loving You's A Dirty Job, but Somebody's Gotta Do It lyrics

There were times we had it all,

There were times we lost it all...

When the sky is falling

And you're looking 'round from somewhere to hide,

Did you ever call out to someone,

Did you ever call out to me?

I've never been gone,

I've been right here, by your side.

There ain't nothing but clouds,

There ain't nothing but clouds in your eyes.

Why don't you believe it,

When you finally found the truth?

You've been drinking poison water

From the fountain of youth.

Why don't you stop tearing up

Everyone you need the most?

You're so busy trying to get even,

You never even try to get close.

I can't explain it away,

It doesn't make any sense.

To know what it's like,

I guess you gotta go through it,

I guess you gotta go through it,

I guess you gotta go through it.

It doesn't matter, baby,

Loving you's a dirty job,

But somebody's gotta do it.

There were times when we'd never fake it,

There were times when we'd always make it,

There were times when we'd take it to the limit

And we'd never, never, ever leave each other alone,

We were flesh and blood and bone,

There were times we had it all,

There were times we had it all.

There were times when we took our chances,

There were times we were damn good dancers,

There were times when we heard all the answers

In the beating of the drummer

And the riches of the rock and the roll.

I can see right through your soul,

There were times we had it all,

There were times we had it all.

If your fears could only be forgotten,

We could pull all of the barriers down.

Would you follow your dreams' desire,

Would you follow your secret dreams and forbidden fire?

Let's just peel out of this town.

It's been nothing but dreams,

It's been nothing but dreams until now.

You're never gonna see it,

You got your head stuck in the sand.

It's the land of the free and easy street,

It's the home of the damned.

You're never gonna see it,

You better open up your eyes

You're the only one who's left,

Who's gonna believe all your lies?

I can't explain it away,

It doesn't make any sense.

To know what it's like,

I guess you gotta go through it,

I guess you gotta go through it,

I guess you gotta go through it.

It doesn't matter, baby,

Loving you's a dirty job,

But somebody's gotta do it.

There were times when we fought like tigers,

There were times we were damn good liars.

There were times we extinguished every fire,

That was burning, burning, burning up each other alive,

From the heavens on down to the dives.

There were times we lost it all,

There were times we lost it all.

There were times when we fought like tigers,

There were times we were damn good liars.

There were times when our bodies glistened,

There were times that we can't stop missing,

There were times that we'd lay in bed and listen

To the pounding, pounding chorus

Of our desperate hearts,

Nothing could have torn us apart,

There were times we had it all,

There were times we had it all.

• Artist:Bonnie Tyler
• Album:Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986)