Somewhere off in a distant dream   You were long ago like a memory   Now you're back standing here   Sayin' all the words you think I want to hear   Did you finally realize what I knew all along?   That you never needed me until I was gone      Why now should I turn my life around   Just to let you bring me down another time?   Oh, why now after all the years apart   Should I open up my heart and let you in my life again?      Everything that I tried to forget   Thought I left behind, guess it ain't over yet   And babe, it's almost worth all the pain   Just to look in your eyes and hold you again   You never realized how much I tried   To let you know what I was feeling inside      Why now should I turn my life around   Just to let you bring me down another time?   Oh, why now after all the years apart   Should I open up my heart and let you in my life again?      Hold on 'cause it's starting all over   Hold on 'cause it won't be the same   Hold on, letting go would be better   Letting go of the pain   How did you think I would be   Waiting for you for an eternity?      Why now should I turn my life around   Just to let you bring me down another time?   Oh, why now after all the years apart   Should I open up my heart and let you in my life again?