Standing in the shadows of love   I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come   Can't you see me standing in the shadows of love   I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come      I wanna run but there's no way to go   'Cause heartaches will follow me I know   Without your love, a love I need   It's the beginning of the end for me      'Cuz you've taken away all of my reasons for living   When you pushed aside all the love I've been giving   Now wait a minute      Didn't I treat you right, now baby didn't I   Didn't I do the best I could, now didn't I, didn't I?      So don't you leave me standing in the shadows of love   I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come   Don't you see me standing in the shadows of love   Trying the best to get ready for the heartaches to come      All alone I'm destined to be   With misery my only company   It may come today, and it might come tomorrow   But it's for sure I've ain't got nothing but sorrow      Now won't your conscience kinda bother you   How can you watch me cry after all I've done for you?   Now hold on a minute      Gave you all the love I had, now didn't I   When you needed me I was always there, now wasn't I      Standing in the shadows of love   Getting ready for the heartaches to come   I'm trying not to cry out loud   You know cryin', it ain't gonna help me none      What did I do to cause all this grief?   Now what did I say to make you wanna leave?   Now wait a minute      I gave my heart and soul to you now didn't I   And didn't I always treat you good now didn't I      I'm standing in the shadows of love   I'm getting ready for the heartaches to come   Don't you see me standing in the shadows of love   Trying the best to get ready for the heartaches to come      Oh, I'm standing in the shadows of love