WORDS
(Sol Burke)


Jeannie C. Riley - 1991


 
All those pretty things you said to me 
Rolled off your tongue like poetry
No, it wasn't hard to believe 
Those tender words were just what I needed

I held on closer and closed my eyes 
As you talked me into paradise
To me it was a dream come true 
But they were only words to you

Oh, words, nothin' but words 
And, oh, oh how it hurts
Now that I know you just lied to me
Oh, when I really tried to be
All that you needed and nothing less
I gave my all, I gave you my best
Now that you're gone, all I have left
Are words, nothin' but words

(Instrumental Break)

I felt the earth move when you said you loved me
All I heard was sweet sincerity
Now night after night I lay awake
Still hearin' you steal my heart away

With words, nothin' but words 
And, oh, oh how it hurts
Now that I know you just lied to me
Oh, when I really tried to be
All that you needed and nothing less
I gave my all, I gave you my best
Now that you're gone, all I have left
Are words, nothin' but words

Oh, now that you're gone, all I have left
Are words, nothin' but words



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2017)