It Doesn't Have to Be This Way

Sometimes alone at night I lie and wonder Was breaking up the only thing to do? We live our separate lives like perfect strangers In the end, we're really perfect fools Maybe in time, we'll shake the memories Maybe in time, forget the pain Baby tonight, this heart remembers It doesn't have to be this way We don't need to live the life anymore I want you back, I'm holding on It doesn't have to be this way Here we stand, love's an open door It doesn't have to be this way With breakin' up, there comes this empty feelin' The child within you, lost without a prayer So you run a little wild searchin' for some meaning Deep into the streets of your despair What does it take to shake your memory? What in the world could ease the pain? How can I make your heart surrender? It doesn't have to be this way We don't need to live the life anymore I want you back, I'm holding on It doesn't have to be this way Here we stand, love's an open door It doesn't have to be this way Maybe in time, we'll shake the memories Maybe in time forget the pain But baby, tonight, this heart remembers all the same It doesn't have to be this way We don't need to live the life anymore I want you back, I'm holding on It doesn't have to be this way Here we stand, love's an open door It doesn't have to be this way It doesn't have to be this way We don't need to live the life anymore I want you back, I'm holding on It doesn't have to be this way Here we stand, love's an open door It doesn't have to be this way It doesn't have to be this way We don't need to live the life anymore I want you back, I'm holding on It doesn't have to be this way