Original Little Steven And The Disciples Of Soul version
If I give you my heart, would you love me forever
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Oh, I learned when I was a young boy
You turn your cheek you get slapped, yeah
I take the punches, I can't slip
And then I give it right back
Oh, even if I win, girl
You know it really won't mean too much
What I want, baby, most of all
Is the only thing that I can't touch
Oh, if I give you my heart, would you love me forever
Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall
If my world falls apart, could you keep it together
If I can't have you I don't want no one at all
Oh yeah, yeah yeah
Oh, just because I'm so quiet
Just because I don't cry
Oh, the hardest lesson to learn, girl
Is how to take it inside
But there's leather and jewels to soothe me
But it isn't really what I need
Oh, there's an aching hurt inside of me
And it's the kind of thing you don't see
Oh, if I give you my heart, would you love me forever
Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall
If my world falls apart, could you keep it together
If I can't have you I don't want no one at all
Yeah!
Oh, baby
Yeah!
Oh, oh-oh, yeah!
Now the years are unwinding
But I still feel the hurt
Oh, I've been fighting my whole life
For the privilege to work
Now I've stopped and looked around me
There's nobody left to blame
If I don't have you to hold me, girl
All of my work's in vain
Oh, if I give you my heart, would you love me forever
Would you pick up the pieces if I stumble and fall
If my world falls apart, could you keep it together
If I can't have you I don't want no one at all
If I give you my heart, girl, would you love me forever?
Oh yeah, stumble and fall
Oh, baby, keep it togetherI don't want no one at all
Oh, baby, yeah
Yeah, baby
Oh, oh yeah!
My baby
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, baby
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
[Fades out]
FOREVER is a song written by Steven Van Zandt and released on Little Steven And The Disciples Of Soul's 1982 album Men Without Women. The above lyrics are for the original Little Steven And The Disciples Of Soul version of FOREVER as released in 1982.
Bruce Springsteen probably guitar on Little Steven And The Disciples Of Soul's FOREVER live once in 1998. See the live 31 Jan 1998 version for more details.
List of available versions of FOREVER on this website:
FOREVER [Live 31 Jan 1998 version]