Bonnie Tyler - A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste Lyrics
(andrew lloyd webber/ jim steinman)Producer for meatloaf & bonnie: jim steinmanRecorded in 1998 as part of the 'songs from whistle down the wind' project. bonnie duets with meatloaf on a reprise of 'tire tracks and broken hearts' at the end of the song. the lyrics are from careful listening.(ooh if only, ooh if only)If you listen to the night you can hear the darkness fallI can barely stand the wait, i can barely stand at allCome on closer to me now, like we're sharing the same skinWe gotta get out of this jail, we gotta let the future inSo many things in your life that you're bound to regretWhy didn't i do that? why didn't i do this?So many chances you've lost that you never forgetWhy didn't i make it? why didn't i take it right then?The loneliest words you'll ever know if only, if only it was soThe emptiest words that there'll ever beIt could've been me, it could've been meThe loneliest words you'll ever know if only, if only it was soThe emptiest words that there'll ever beIt could've been me, it could've been meYou'll have to pay for it laterIf you don't get it while it's going for freeBelieve me, believe meA kiss is a terrible thing to wasteA kiss is a terrible thing to wasteIt's something that's always been soA kiss is a terrible thing to wasteA kiss is a terrible thing to wasteAnd one of these nights i'm gonna show you that you already knowThere's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a tasteIt's later than you think and a kiss is a terrible thing to wasteYou shouldn't tremble when they touch there's no reason for these fearsIt's a promise that was made, we've been promised this for yearsI want to show you it all, what to do and where and how'cause we'll never be as young as we are right nowNever be as young as we are right nowSo many cries in the night that you try to ignoreWhy didn't i do this? why didn't i do that?So many un-answered prayers, so many un-opened doorsWhy didn't i take it? why didn't i make it come true?The loneliest words you'll ever know if only, if only it was soThe emptiest words that there'll ever beIt could've been me, it could've been meThe loneliest words you'll ever know if only, if only it was soThe emptiest words that there'll ever beIt could've been me, it could've been meYou'll have to pay for it laterIf you don't get it while it's going for freeBelieve me, believe meA kiss is a terrible thing to wasteA kiss is a terrible thing to wasteIt's something that's always been soA kiss is a terrible thing to wasteA kiss is a terrible thing to wasteAnd one of these nights i'm gonna show you that you already knowThere's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a tasteIt's later than you think and a kiss is a terrible thing to wasteThere's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a tasteIt's later than you think and a kiss is a terrible thing to wasteTire tracks and broken hearts, that's all we're leaving behindIt doesn't matter what we lose, it only matters what we're going to findTire tracks and broken hearts, that's all we're leaving behindIt doesn't matter what we lose, it only matters what we're going to findTire tracks and broken hearts, that's all we're leaving behind(let's get away from the past)It doesn't matter what we lose, it only matters what we're going to find(so many ways to go fast)Tire tracks and broken hearts, that's all we're leaving behindIt doesn't matter what we lose, it only matters what we're going to findTire tracks and broken hearts, that's all we're leaving behindIt doesn't matter what we lose, it only matters what we're going to findThere's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a tasteIt's later than you think and a kiss is a terrible thing to wasteA kiss is a terrible thing to wasteA kiss is a terrible thing to waste