MEAT LOAF lyrics - Love Is Not Real / Next Time You Stab Me In The Back

The have been many sightings

Of love in truth

The skeptic in me longs for

To see of love some proof

Only for you does this happen

Only for you do I care



Love is not real

Love is a hoax

It's just a dream

I've had so many nights alone

Love is not here

Love is somewhere else

It's somewhere far

No man I've ever known's

Come close



It can be vicious, heartless,

Dire and cruel

In spite of my mind, my heart longs

To find fire and fuel

Only for you does this happen

Only for you do I care



Love is not real

Love is a hoax

It's just a dream

I've had so many nights alone

Love is not here

Love is somewhere else

It's somewhere far

No man I've ever known's

Come close



My girlfried doesn't want

To know me

And my friends think

I've lost the plot

I have become a liability

I got to do something

But I don't know what

I'm hearing voices

And I can't see straight

I think I might be going insane

Can't make my own decisions

And I just can't wait

To mess it all up again

I never thougt that I would succeed

Beyond the wildest dreams

I've ever dreamt

But everything's become so hackneyed

Familiarity only breeds contempt

I'm ruining your life

I'm bored with mine

I'm acting like I couldn't care less

Another bottle and another line

Another stranger to undress



Next time you stab me in the back

You'd better do it to my face

Next time you stab me in the back

You'd better do it to my face

Next time you stab me in the back

You'd better do it to my face

Next time you stab me in the back

You'd better do it to my face



When you forget

What you cannot forgive

The terms are so much easier to come to with

When we look at what

We're going through

And desaturate

Until everything is simple

Love or hate

Love or hate



I have been searching

I have been searching my soul

I've seen the brightest star

I've seen the blackest hole

I've found a way to cope with every twist of fate

Now everything is simple

Love or hate

Love or hate

Next time you stab me in the back

You'd better do it to my face



And when that love comes crawling back to me to say

I've been away

Now please let me stay with the

No way!

Never again will I do this

Never again will I care



Love is not real

Love is a hoax

It's just a dream

I've had so many nights alone

Love is not here

Love is somewhere else

It's just a dream

I've had so many nights alone



Love is not real

Love is a hoax

It's just a dream

I've had so many nights alone

Love is not here

Love is somewhere else

It's somewhere far away

No man I've ever known's come so close