When he looks in her eyes   he sees only the truth   Tellin' him he's been living a lie   Over and over like a line in a song   about all the love he let pass him by   To her he might be the man of her dreams   to find what she's been hiding inside   Broken or battered it really don't matter   Her hearts like a wave and he's the tide      They're not forever just for today   One part be my lover, one part go away      He's like a boxer who had to retire   after winning but killing a man   All of the moves and none of the courage    afraid to throw a punch that might land   Not too much later she can't meet his glance   You see her start pulling away   Over and over like fire and ice    one is colored, one is gray      They're not forever just for today    One part be my lover, one part go away      If you know how why don't you say em' a prayer   they're gonna need all they help they can get   they remember too much about what went wrong    it might be they should learn to forget    Forget themselves in each other   and leave what belongs in the past    carry thier hearts like a new born child    cause it's only the moment that lasts.      They're not forever, just day to day.   One part be my lover one part go away.      One part go away