must have been that something you told me whispered just the other day said that you d be leaving tomorrow but there s got to be some other way to bring you closer can we look closer would you stay with me chorus let me hold you i can hold you longer let me feel you til my heart is stronger let me love you i can love you tenderly i just can t believe that it s over you looked at me and said goodbye but deep inside my heart keeps on dreamin baby cause there s still that look of love in your eye when we were lovers so close to each other when our love was free chorus let me hold you i can hold you longer let me feel you til my heart is stronger let me love you yes i can love you tenderly so tenderly let me love you tenderly bridge love is patient love is a gift don t you know all this time i have been searchin for a love land where we can live together live forever live together live forever would you stay with me chorus let me hold you i can hold you longer let me feel you til my heart is stronger let me love you i can love you tenderly 