I tell myself I can't have you

it's something that I'll ignore

I tell myself I don't need you

but I'm falling, falling once more

and everyday it gets harder

to pick my heart of the floor

I say it over and over

girl, you can't have it all, you can't have it all



I dream that you bring me your love

only in my dreams, it's not enough



I keep on telling myself, telling myself

I can't have, can't have it all, can't have it all

I keep on telling myself I can't have it all

I can't have you



And now I'm learning to live, learning to live

I'm learning to live on without

having your love returning

I can't have it all

but all that I want is you



You remain in the twilight

with eyes that look but don't see

and I'm a book lying open

while you're a lock with no key



I kid myself every morning

that the ache for you is no more

I dream that you bring me your love



I keep on telling myself, telling myself

I can't have, can't have it all, can't have it all

I keep on telling myself I can't have it all

I can't have you



And now I'm learning to live, learning to live

I'm learning to live on without

having your love returning

I can't have it all

you're all that I want



Why won't I listen when I hear them saying

you're better off without a heart that's breaking

though I'm fool enough to love when you don't want me

I'm wise enough to know that you will always haunt me

[repeat]



I keep on telling myself, telling myself

I can't have, can't have it all, can't have it all

I keep on telling myself I can't have it all

I can't have you



And now I'm learning to live, learning to live

I'm learning to live on without

having your love returning

I can't have it all

but all that I want is you



Why won't I listen when I hear them saying

you're better off without a heart that's breaking (is you)

though I'm fool enough to love when you don't want me

I'm wise enough to know that you will always haunt me



And now I'm learning to live, learning to live

I'm learning to live on without

having your love returning

I can't have it all

you're all that I want