Intro D# A# (2x)
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I reach out my arms and I touch you. (touch you)
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With soft words I whisper your name. (your name)
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I held you right on the tips of my fingers,
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but I let it slip a right through my hands.
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My eyes had a vision of your sweet lips. (sweet lips)
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Yielding beneath my command (my command).
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I held you up on the tips of my fingers,
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but I let it slip a right through my hands.
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Oh somebody took you when I wasn't looking
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And I should have known, said I know from the start
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That it's a long, long way from the tips of my fingers
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but I let it slip a right through my hands.
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Yes I held your love on the tips of my fingers
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But I let you slip right through my hands.