One thing I've never learned is how to give up   So it's my destiny to bear this fate   They say that I'm still young but I'd better hurry up   And they're talking 'bout change   And it's a little too late       I'm really not just jumping to conclusions   It's all a matter of fact clear of illusions   You'll never love me the way I love you   So I'm paying the price   All my life      Just when I think I'm moving along   You come back singing a different song   A song of love, a song of sweet regret   Full of promises which are never met   And I'm paying the price   All my life      I know I'll love you still when I have grown old   Though you'll have taken all of my good years   And you'll have taken every chance away from me   My master for life   All my life      Just when I think you'll let me be   I'll awake knowing you've been haunting me   All day long I'll hear you singing in my head   The voice I love, the voice I dread   And I'm paying the price   All my life      Just when I think I'm finally free   I hear a voice gently calling me   Saying I'm just a little melody   What could be the harm in writing me?   And I'm paying the price   All my life      And I'm paying the price   All my life   Paying the price   All my life   Paying the price