Now I don't wanna make you feel no way
For there's harder days to come I say
But if you asked me would I stay the night
You know that I would surely say okay
I don't want you feeling like you're being played
Because my baby you know I love your way
And if there's something that I should say
Well it might just be that

[Chorus]
Striking up a love
Is harder then you think
Trying to swim and not to sink ,yeah
Striking up a love
Is not as easy as it looks
Even when you've read your books, oh
Striking up a love
Is harder then you think
Trying to swim and not to sink, yeah
Striking up a love
Striking up a love
Striking up a love, oh

Now if you stayed another day with me
I'd show you all the thing that we could be
But in the morning if i had to leave
Will I find your tears upon my sleeve?
Now everything is everything and that's the truth
But I'll take time to work this out with you
And even if we gotta say goodbye
You know it ain't because we didn't try
It's just sometimes that
[Chorus]
Striking up a love
Is harder then you think
Trying to swim and not to sink ,yeah
Striking up a love
Is not as easy as it looks
Even when you've read your books, oh
Striking up a love
It's worth it in the end
To find a lover and a friend
Striking up a love
Striking up a love
Striking up a love, oh

Love, love
Striking up a love (love)
Striking up a love (love)
Striking up a love
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