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Separate Lives Lyrics

You called me from the room in your hotel
All full of romance with someone that you'd met
And telling me how sorry you were, leavin' so soon
And that you miss me sometimes, when you're alone in your room
Do I feel lonely too?

You have no right to ask me how I feel
You have no right to speak to me so kind
We can't go on, just holding on to time
So for now, we'll go on living separate lives

Well I held on to let you go
And if you lost your love for me, you never let it show, oh no
There was no way to compromise
So now we're living - now we're living - separate lives

Ooh, it's so difficult, love leads to isolation
So you build that wall - you build that wall
Yes you build that wall - oh yes, you build that wall
And you make it stronger - no

You have no right to ask me how I feel - oh no
You have no right to speak to me so kind
Some day I might - I just might - find myself looking in your eyes
But for now, we'll go on living separate lives
Yes for now, we'll go on living separate lives
Oooh, seperate lives

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“Separate Lives” is a 1985 song written by Stephen Bishop, recorded by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin and featured on the soundtrack to the motion picture “White Nights”. With Phil Collins version, the song reached No. 1 on the US, Canadian, and Irish charts and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. Bishop received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song in 1986.

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