Story Behind The Song

She wanted me to hang around and wait for her while she went off to make it in L.A. A long distance love affair.

Lyrics

Like You Do

It's a cold world now that you're away,
I've tried my best to make some sense
Out of living each and every day,
Without your love to renew
All of my strength to get through

How can we grow from this situation now?
Can love withstand the starvation
Due to the lonely, lonely separation


Ain't nobody gonna love me like you do
Ain't nobody gonna see the whole thing through, Like you!
Ain't nobody gonna spend that kind of time
To make me like you do who truly wants to be
ma-ma-ma mine (Bah-dah-dah...)

I let you go girl so far away
Because you thought that life would turn out
Much better for you in L.A.
As for the love that we share
I dial up the phone hoping you're there
Send me kisses Across the nation
But as they travel across the phone lines
They lose something it's a sad translation

Ain't nobody gonna love me like you do
Ain't no one to comfort me and see me through, Like you!
Ain't nobody gonna try to please me girl
Although you're miles away you're still
The only one in ma-ma-ma world

It's a wide world Wide world
You're gonna have to come back home
'Cause there ain't no other one
Who can love me like you do me
Ain't nobody else get to me

( Bah-dah-dah...) I love you girl I miss you so
( Bah-dah-dah...) I can't let you go
( sax solo )

How can we grow from this separation?
We left love lying by the wayside
It's a lonely, lonely situation

Ain't no body gonna love me like you do
Ain't no one to comfort me and see me through, Like you!
Ain't nobody gonna try to please me girl
Although you're miles away you're still
The only one in ma-ma-ma world

(Bah-dah-dah...)I love you girl I miss you so-ooh
(Bah-dah-dah...)I can't let you go from me