'No matter how much you think you want or need it
The past has to remain just that, the past...'

Could've given you everything that you need
But I cannot turn back the years
The perfect love was all you wanted from me
But I cannot turn back the years

So we have to be strong, and I'm finding that hard
We have to move on
But no matter how hard I try
If your heart's in pieces, you look for the truth
And when I look deep down inside I know
It's too bad I love you

Sometimes hits me in the morning, hits me at night
That I cannot turn back the years
So I look out my window, turn off my light
But I cannot turn back the years

Can't make it seem easy, when you're all that I see
Can't live in a dream
And I won't serenade the truth
People are hurting and they're looking to me
And I look at you, there's nothing more to say
It's too bad I love you

But I'm never gonna give it up

All that I lived for, all that I dreamed
But I cannot turn back the years
You're the water I drink, you're the air that I breathe
But I cannot turn back the years

So we have to be strong, and I'm finding that hard
We have to move on
But no matter how hard I try
If your heart's in pieces, you look for the truth
And when I look deep down inside I know
It's too bad I love you

But I'm never gonna give it up