I could hardly believe it
when I heard the news today.
I had to come and get it straight from you.

They said you were leavin',
someone's swept your heart away.
From the look upon your face, I see it's true.

So tell me all about it,
tell me 'bout the plans you're makin'.
Oh, tell me one thing more before I go.

Tell me, how am I supposed to live without you,
now that I've been lovin' you so long?

How am I supposed to live without you?
And how am I supposed to carry on
when all that I've been living for is gone?

I'm too proud for crying,
didn't come here to break down.
It's just a dream of mine is comin' to an end.

And how can I blame you
when I built my world around the hope
that one day, we'd be so much more than friends?

I don't want to know the price
I'm gonna pay for dreamin'.
Oh, even now it's more than I can take.

Tell me, how am I supposed to live without you,
now that I've been lovin' you so long?

How am I supposed to live without you?
And how am I supposed to carry on,
when all that I've been living for is gone?

Now I don't wanna know
the price I'm gonna pay for dreamin',
oh, now that your dream has come true.

Tell me, how am I supposed to live without you,
now that I've been lovin' you so long?

How am I supposed to live without you?
And how am I supposed to carry on,
when all that I've been livin' for is gone?