I said I love you   she began to cry   she said she needed a friend   I said I'll try   soon we'd say nothing   somehow I never wonder why      Chorus      you see she left me, she left me   I'm alone, I'm alone      I'd loved her always   she didn't know   I tried patience   let a friendship grow   I tried to keep her   that's what made her go      Chorus      beauty and the beast   was how it seed to be   a love like hers   ain't meant for guys like me   some call me crazy   some politely call me free...but   either way      Chorus      I'm trying to forget you but it just   won't work   I think I'm losing my mind I think   I'm going berserk   I love you with a passion that you   just don't know   and I kinda wish right now that I   was telling you so   I could rant and rave or play some   little game   but when I look into your eyes it all   seems the same   you weren't meant for me and   that's a sad but true fact   now I don't care how I look an I   don't care how I act   you set me free now I'm a man   among men   but when I think of what I missed it   starts all again   now alone in the darkness of each   new day   my heart is on its own   I wanna rip it from my chest and   throw it away   watch this bassman take me home      I guess some day   love will soon be here   and maybe then   I'll see things more clear   I guess I got excited   cause it felt so near      Chorus      but I know I'd give my life   just to hold her now   and who knows   I might see her around   hopes can always go up   tears can only come down      Chorus