Love will abide, take things in stride   Sounds like good advice but there's no one at my side   And time washes clean love's wounds unseen   That's what someone told me but I don't know what it means      'Cause I've done everything I know   To try and make you mine   And I think I'm gonna love you   For a long, long time      Caught in my fears blinking back the tears   I can't say you hurt me when you never let me near   And I never drew, one response from you   All the while you fell all over girls you never knew      'Cause I've done everything I know   To try and make you mine   And I think it's gonna hurt me   For a long, long time      Wait for the day, you'll go away   Knowing that you warned me   Of the price I'd have to pay and life's full of flaws   Who knows the cause?   Living in the memory of a love that never was      'Cause I've done everything I know   To try and change your mind   And I think I'm gonna miss you   For a long, long time      'Cause I've done everything I know   To try and make you mine   And I think I'm gonna love you   For a long, long time