But for Love

So it's raining again

And the wind's up in a roar

I've been swept through the streets

To be washed up at your door

But you're with him, I know

So I'll call back later on

Why do I need you so?

But for love, I'd be gone

With my back to the wind

I'm wondering what it is about you

That makes it so hard to stay

And hard again to live without you

So I look all around

But there's nothing here for me

Like a prisoner, I'm bound

But for you, I'd be free

But for you I'd be on a jet leaving today

For a place in the sun far away

But the rain still comes down

And the chilly winds keep blowin'

Down these cold empty streets

I'm wondering what keeps me goin'?

So I say to myself

"Why do you linger on?"

And my heart cries to me

"But for love, I'd be gone"

But for love, I'd be gone