Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough

Start the first song with the song of all time I like most, especially the message from the lyrics. This is the single released in 1992


History

Smyth was the former lead singer for the band Scandal, whose hits included "The Warrior" and "Goodbye To You"; Henley is a longtime member of the band The Eagles (singing lead vocals on "Desperado" and "Hotel California", among many others) as well as a successful solo artist ("The Boys Of Summer", "The End Of The Innocence"). "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" was written by Smyth and Glen Burtnik and would appear on her self-titled 1992 album.


Reception

The single was very successful, being certified Gold by the RIAA and spending six weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1992 during the 13 week reign at #1 of Boyz II Men's song, "End of the Road". It remained in the Top 40 for 20 weeks.The duet also topped the U.S. adult contemporary chart for four weeks. In Canada, "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" spent seven weeks at #1 on the Canadian pop chart, while in England, the song reached #22 on the British pop chart. The song was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Pop Vocal, Duo or Group.


The lyrics refer to a past relationship between the two singers and their efforts to move on with their respective lives and make sense of the aftermath: There's a reason why people don't stay where they are / Baby sometimes love just ain't enough. In the final chorus, there is a slight lyrical change to this line ("stay where they are" becomes "say who they are").


Source: wikipedia









Song:      Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
Singers:   Patty Smyth & Don Henley



I don't wanna lose you,
But I don't wanna use you
Just to have sombody by my side.


And I don't wanna hate you
I don't wanna take you
But I don't wanna be the one to cry.


And I don't really matter
To anyone, anymore.
But like a fool I keep losing my place
And I keep seeing you walk through that door.


But there's a danger in loving somebody too much.
And it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are
Baby sometimes love just ain't enough.


Now I could never change you
I don't wanna blame you
Baby you don't have to take the fall.


Yes I may have hurt you
But I did not desert you
Maybe I just want to have it all.


It makes a sound like thunder
It makes me feel like rain.
And like a fool who will never see the truth
I keep thinking something's gonna change.


But there's a danger in loving somebody too much
And it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are
Baby sometimes love just ain't enough.


And there's no way home
When it's late at night and you're all alone.
Are there things that you wanted to say?
Do you feel me beside you in your bed?
There beside you where I used to lay.

And there's a Danger in Loving somebody too much
And it's sad when you know it's your heart they can't touch.
There's a reason why people don't stay who they are
Baby sometimes love just ain't enough