Take It for Granted

Take It for Granted - Boz Scaggs

Take it for granted

You're making a mistake

Take it for what it is

But take it for gods sake

Take it from me

Lonely as can be

I'd love to

But I never dared to

If only I could make you see

Once a man stood by a wall

And watched his love across the beach

And though her loveliness could warm his heart

Her lips he could not reach

And nothing would he do

Nothing would he say

He just keeps it all inside himself

And saves it for another day

Then he heard a song

Sweetly over the wall

Singing it's better to have loved and lost

Than never to have loved at all

Take it for granted

Oh don't make that mistake

Take it for what it is

But take it for gods sake

Take it from me

Lonely as can be

I'd love to but I never dared to

But if only I I could make you see

Once a girl gazed out her window

At the moon above the sea

And as the breeze touched her face

The thought of him wouldn't let her be

Will he pass by

Or will this feeling just pass away

How am I to try and understand

What is this price I have to pay

Shall I turn my back to my pillow

Let the moon fall to the sea

And keep it all and not sleep at all

Or maybe I'll just dream

Take it for granted

You're making a mistake

Take it for what it is

But take it for gods sake oh

Take it from me

Lonely as can be

I'd love to but I never dared to

But if only I could make you see