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I Can’t Give Back The Love I Feel For You

This version of I Can’T Give Back The Love I Feel For You was released by Diana Ross in 1971.

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Here’s a tear, for a souvenir
And a dream, that’s torn at the seams
Here’s a promise you made to me
Of the tomorrow I’ll never see
And then you’re free to go

But I can’t give back the love
I feel for you
I’m gonna be stuck with it
No matter what I do

Take these arms that held you close
I thought I was the one you needed the most
Take these hands, they’re no good to me
That used to touch you so tenderly

But I can’t give back the love
That’s a part of me
If you want just a little bit
You have to take all of me

Here’s a ring
That didn’t mean a thing
And the letters you wrote
That gave my young heart hope
Take the pillow where my dreams were made
And the mind, where the thought of you stayed
But baby, you should know

That I can’t give back the love
I feel for you
I’m gonna be stuck with it
No matter what I do

Take these eyes that once could see
Now reflections of a misery
The hapiness I thought would last
Now a becoming just a thing of the past

But I can’t give back the love
That’s a part of me
If you want just a little bit
You have to take all of me

No, I can’t give back
No, I feel for you
Oh, I’m gonna be stuck
No matter what I do
‘Cause it’ll grow ’till the world
Don’t go ’round no more

But I can’t give back the love
I feel for you
I’m gonna be stuck with it
No matter what I do

But I can’t give back the love
I feel for you
I’m gonna be stuck with it
No matter what I do

But I can’t give back the love
I feel for you
I’m gonna be stuck with it
No matter what I do

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Diana Ross has released many songs over the years besides I Can’T Give Back The Love I Feel For You. Diana Ross released songs from 1970 to 2006 spanning across albums like Everything Is Everything, Diana Ross, Surrender / I'm Still Waiting, Lady Sings The Blues, Touch Me In The Morning, Last Time I Saw Him, Diana & Marvin, Live At Caesar's Palace, Baby It's Me, The Wiz, Ross, The Boss, diana, To Love Again, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Silk Electric, Swept Away, Eaten Alive, Red Hot Rhythm And Blues, Workin' Overtime, The Force Behind The Power, Take Me Higher, Every Day Is A New Day, I Love You, and Blue. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Diana Ross.

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The lyrics to I Can’T Give Back The Love I Feel For You are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Diana Ross in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to I Can’T Give Back The Love I Feel For You are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Diana Ross and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for I Can’T Give Back The Love I Feel For You back when it was created.

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