Published by WB Music Corp./EMI Virgin Music, Inc. - ASCAP/Ensign Music Corporation/Rude Music, Inc. - BMI

Dead on my feet, got a deadline to meet
But it can wait, can't concentrate
This one track mind won't leave you behind
Why punish me with memories
If only now I could turn back the pages (turn back the pages)
I played some games that I've lived to regret
I only wish I had gone through those stages
Years before we met, but I know

This time, I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too

Turn on the light, I been tossing all night
I tried to read but it's love that I need
In my mind, the sound of goodbye
Keeps hauntin? me like a distant dream
If only now I could turn back the pages (turn back the pages)
I played some games that I've lived to regret
I only wish I had gone through those changes
Years before we met, and baby

This time, I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too

If only now I could turn back the pages (turn back the pages)
I played some games that I've lived to regret
I only wish I had gone through those stanges
Years before we met, but baby

This time, I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, get ready for the real thing
Cause this time baby, I'm ready for you
I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too
I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too
I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, get ready for the real thing too