I can'T



...stoP l-oooO-Oooo-ving you...

I can't stop loving you
So I've made up my mind
To live in memory
Of such an old lonesome time

I can't stop wanting you
It's useless to say
So I'll just live my life
In dreams of yesterday.

Those happy hours
That we once knew
Though long ago,
They still make me blue

They say that time
Heals a broken heart
But time has stood still
Since we've been apart

Don Gibson & The Jordanaires -I Can't Stop Loving You (1963). Or  Ray Charles - better rendering than the original singer, in my humble opinion; perhaps also cause that was the only version I kept on hearing growing up in Japan, so I was more used to Ray Charles singing than Don Gib...
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Submitted by gscana on January 20, 2023

Modified on March 23, 2023

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Scheme A AXXB ACXC XAXA BDXD X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 678
Words 136
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

Nobody Nose

19th Century Poet turned mathematician when his love interest dumped him, bereft of any reasons for her departure from his soul. more…

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  • dougb.72572
    Classic, striding simple lyrics given applause and proper credit. Reminds a bevy of poets about the good in our craft of sparse, beautiful words. Thanks Nobody.
    LikeReply1 year ago

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