(M. Jones / J. Edwards / T. Thomas)



My intentions are good

My heart's in the right place now

You see I wanna be good to you baby

But sometimes I just don't know how



And the hand of fate

Reaches out once more

And pulls me through that gate, ah

Like one hundred times before



Ooh, there are the nights

When things just work out right

No one could be as close as you and me

Then it all breaks down

And we can't find that common ground

That's not the way, the way it oughta be babe



Oh no



Why do we laugh, why do we cry?

Why do we feel this pain inside?

Only heaven knows, only heaven knows

In this game of hit and miss

How long can we go on like this?

Only heaven knows, only heaven knows

But if we threw it all away

It's somethin' we'd regret someday

Oh-ooh, heaven knows

Why do we do these foolish things?

Only heaven knows



My intentions are good

My actions are hard to explain

I get misunderstood, sometimes

There's nobody but me to blame



I've gotta speak my mind

And deal with the situation

Open the lines, yeah

The lines of communication



Ooh, there are the nights

We really get it right

Makin' love, endlessly

And then there are the days

We go our separate ways

It's like there's nothin' left of you and me babe



Woah-ooh no, nothin' left of you and me



Why do we laugh, why do we cry?

Why do we feel this pain inside?

Only heaven knows, only heaven knows

In this game of hit and miss

How long can we go on like this?

Only heaven knows, only heaven knows

But if we threw it all away

It's somethin' we'd regret someday

Oh-ooh, heaven knows



Why do we laugh, why do we cry?

Only heaven knows, only heaven knows

Why do we feel this pain inside?

Only heaven knows, only heaven knows

But if we threw it all away

It's somethin' we'd regret someday

No woah-ooh woah-ooh oh-ooh



Why do we do these foolish things?

Only heaven knows



Only heaven knows



You see I wanna be good to you baby

Heaven knows



Why do we feel this pain inside?



You see I wanna be good to you baby

Heaven knows, oh yeah



How long, how long, can we go on like this?