What we hold, we don't know until it's gone

You were mine for a while but I let you go

How could I be so blind I never know

You were fire, I was ice we were sun and fog

Day and night we would fight like cat and dog

But every time you would leave I would miss you so

I can't live with you here but I can't let you go

Yeah just a tender word

Or just a gentle touch

Would have meant a lot

And might have saved our love

We could share endless nights

And reach the stars to shine

But alone we lie

With our stubborn pride

And as time goes by

We might learn how to bend

As time goes by

My love for you won't end

And as time goes by

As time goes by

I can see you smile again

As time goes by

Little words, little lies and little wounds

Day by day, night by night got out of hand

All the games that you played I know to well

Only one who plays them too can understand

Oh peacefulness and truth

Is all I want from you

But somehow there's too high a price to pay

No happiness for us

No tenderness and trust

We are so close but still so far away

And as time goes by

A faded photograph

And as time goes by

Though the frame is cracked

And as time goes by

As time goes by

We'll look back and laugh

As time goes by

Everybody hurts

And everybody learns

That's just the heart's desire

Baby where there's smoke you just might get burned

Love is like a fire, baby

And time goes by

If we should meet again

And as time goes by

Don ft know where or when

And as time goes by

As time goes by

Maybe we fll be friends