Almost Doesn't Count

Album: Never Say Never (1998)
Charted: 15 16
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  • Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

    Almost made you love me
    Almost made you cry
    Almost made you happy, babe
    Didn't I? Didn't I?
    You almost had me thinking
    You were turned around
    But everybody knows
    Almost doesn't count

    Almost heard you saying
    You were finally free
    What was always missing for you, babe
    You found it in me
    But you can't get to Heaven
    Half off the ground
    Everybody knows
    Almost doesn't count

    I can't keep on loving you
    One foot outside the door
    I hear a funny hesitation
    Of a heart that's never really sure
    Can't keep on trying
    If you're looking for more
    Than all that I could give you
    Than what you came here for

    Gonna find me somebody
    Not afraid to let go
    Want a no-doubt-be-there kind of man
    You came real close
    But every time you built me up
    You only let me down
    But everybody knows (everybody knows)
    Almost doesn't count (almost doesn't count)

    (Hey) ohh
    (Hey) ooh, everybody knows
    (Hey) yeah, yeah, yeah
    (Hey-yeah)
    (Hey) can't keep on, baby
    (Hey) can't keep on trying
    Everybody knows (everybody knows)
    Almost doesn't count

    (I can't keep on)
    I can't keep on loving (woo-woo) you
    One foot outside the door
    (I) I hear a funny hesitation (ooh)
    Of a heart that's never (never) really sure
    Can't keep on trying (no no)
    If you're looking for more
    Than all that I could give you
    Than what you came here for

    Maybe you'll be sorry
    Maybe you'll be cold
    Maybe you'll come running back, babe
    From the cruel, cruel world
    Almost convinced me
    You're gonna stick around
    But everybody knows (everybody knows)
    Almost doesn't count

    So maybe I'll be here
    Maybe I'll see you around
    That's the way it goes
    Almost doesn't count Writer/s: Guy Roche, Shelly Peiken
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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