Can I Keep You?
We’re laying here
in the dark
heart-to-heart
and cheek-to-cheek
Do I really have to leave?
Do I really have to go?
Can’t I keep you
steal you away
and keep you by my side
where you are?
Can I keep you?
Can I make you mine
always and forever?
Can I keep you?
Can I wake by your side
always and forever?
Time is not on our side
together it always flies by
apart lasts longer than forever
I just want you with me
right here, right now
every day til my last breath
Can I keep you?
Can I make you mine
always and forever?
Can I keep you?
Can I wake by your side
always and forever?
All our plans together
can’t come soon enough
to satisfy my need for you
Can I keep you?
Can I make you mine
always and forever?
Can I keep you?
Can I wake by your side
always and forever?
I will love you
always and forever
Can I keep you?
I will love you
always and forever
Can I keep you?
Keep our hearts tethered together
always and forever?
Can I keep you?
I will love you
always and forever
Can I keep you?
Can I keep you?
Can I keep you
always and forever?
Copyright © Daron Long | Year Posted 2008
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