Bobbie Gentry
Requiem for Love
[Verse 1]
You know I'm gonna love you
Have no fear
Just hold me, dear
I place no one above you
'Neath the sun
My only one

[Bridge 1]
When the chilly hand of loneliness
Reaches for you soul
Just come into my warm caress
And darlin', you will know

[Verse 2]
That I'll always need you
To be mine
'Til end of time
There's no one can please you
Like I do
My love is true

[Verse 3]
Then one day Fate took
My love away
Yes, now you're gone
Tragedy stepped in
And had its say
Our life was donе
[Bridge 2]
But when the lonely night surrounds mе
And I feel so bad
I recall your arms around me
And the love we had

[Verse 4]
I know I'm gonna miss you
That's for sure
But I'll endure
Perhaps in time
I'll even love again
But I can't say when