Claudio Abba

[Verso 1] E B7 Only you can lose me, A E only you can hear me, E B7 Only you can hide me, A E only you can feel me. A Forty years behind us, E passing in a breath, A Climbing through the moments B7 life and love and death. [Refrão] E Love is not a pastime, E not a dream or fleeting flame, E Love is not a moment, E not a kiss or just a name. E Love is not a battle, E not desire, not violence E Love is made of patience, E truth and quiet silence. [Verso 2] E B7 When I first had met you, A E I was wild and free, E B7 Feet upon the ground but A E my head in fantasy. A Then I chose a future, E chose a life with you, A And we married simply, B7 knowing it was true. [Refrão] E Love is not a pastime, E not a dream or fleeting flame, E Love is not a moment, E not a kiss or just a name. A Love is never easy, A it demands devotion, E Love is always giving, E never expectation. A Love is not a habit A you can smoke away, B7 Love has its commandments, B7 guiding every day [Verso 3] E B7 Only you can break me, A E only you can heal me, E B7 Only you can shield me, A E only you can feel me. A We have raised two children, E nearly forty now A Through the storms and troubles, B7 we survived somehow. [Refrão] E Love is not a pastime, E not a dream or fleeting flame, E Love is not a moment, E not a kiss or just a name. A But we made it through A because we walked together, E Side by side in sunshine, E side by side in weather. B7 Every day I choose you, B7 even as I age, A Forty years behind us B7 E7 lets begin another page.