I'd Do Anything For Love
(But I Won't Do That)
Words & Music:
Jim Steinman (Meat Loaf)
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And I would do anything for
love – I'd run right into Hell and back.
I would do anything for love
– I'll never lie to you and that's a fact.
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But I'll never forget the way
you feel right now – oh, no - no way.
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I would do anything for love,
I would do anything for love.
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I would do anything for love,
but I won't do that; no, I won't do that.
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And some days it don't come
easy and some days it don't come hard.
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Some days it don't come at all
and these are the days that never end.
And some nights you're
breathing fire and some days you're carved in ice.
Some days you're like nothing
I've ever seen before or will again.
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And maybe I'm crazy, oh it's
crazy and it's true.
I know you can save me no one
else can save me now but you.
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As long as the planets are
turning, as long as the stars are burning.
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As long as your dreams are
coming true, you better believe me.
That I would do anything for
love, and I'll be there 'til the final act.
I would do anything for love,
and I take a vow and seal a pact.
But I'll never forgive myself
if we don't go all the way tonight.
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I would do anything for love,
anything you've been dreaming of
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But I just won't do that... [repeat
as many times as you'd like]
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And somedays I pray for
silence, somedays I pray for soul.
Somedays I just pray for the
God of Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll.
Some nights I lose the
feeling, some nights I lose control.
Some nights I just lose it all
when I watch you dance and the thunder rolls.
Maybe I'm lonely and that's
all I'm qualified to be.
There's just one and only, the
one and only promise I can keep.
As long as the wheels are
turning, as long as the fires are burning.
As long as your prayers are
coming true, you better believe it!
That I would do anything for
love, and you know it's true and that's a fact.
I would do anything for love,
and there never be no turning back
But I'll never do it better
than I do it with you, so long, so long.
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I would do anything for love,
anything you've been dreaming of
A D
But I just won't do that... [repeat
as many times as you'd like]
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G A
But I never stop dreaming of
you every night of my life, no way
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Will you raise me up? Will you help me down?
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Will you get me right out of
this Godforsaken town?
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Will you make it all a little
less cold?
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I can do that! I can do that!
Will you hold me sacred? Will you hold me tight?
Can you colorize my life? I'm so sick of black and white.
Can you make it all a little
less old?
I can do that! I can do that!
Will you make me some magic
with your own two hands?
Can you build an Emerald City
with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I
can take home?
I can do that! I can do that!
Will you cater to every
fantasy I got?
Will you hose me down with
holy water if I get to hot?
Will you take me to places
I've never known?
I can do that! I can do that!
After a while you forget
everything.
It was a brief interlude and a
Mid Summer Night's fling.
And you see that it's time to
move on.
I won't do that! I won't do that!
I know the territory. I've been around.
It'll all turn to dust and
we'll all fall down.
And sooner or later, you'll be
screwing around.
I won't do that! I won't do that!
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