Baby we can talk all night
But that ain't getting us nowhere
I told you everything I possibly can
There's nothing left inside of here
And maybe you can cry all night
But that'll never change the way that I feel
The snow is really piling up outside
I wish you wouldn't make me leave here

I poured it on and I poured it out
I tried to show you just how much I care
I'm tired of words and I'm too hoarse to shout
But you've been cold to me so long
I'm crying icicles instead of tears

And all I can do is keep on telling you
I want you
I need you
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad

You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach
You'll never drill for oil on a city street
I know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks
But there ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box

I can't lie
I can't tell you that I'm something I'm not
No matter how I try
I'll never be able
To give you something
Something that I just haven't got

There's only one girl that I will ever love
And that was so many years ago
And though I know I'll never get her out of my heart
She never loved me back
Ooh I know
I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away

And she kept on telling me
She kept on telling me
She kept on telling me
I want you
I need you
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad
I want you
I need you
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad
Don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad

Baby we can talk all night
But that ain't getting us nowhere


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    @all The clue is the line, "But you've been cold to me so long."

    The girl from his past and the girl he is singing to is the same girl. She broke his heart in the past and said there was no way she was ever going to love him, over and over. And now that she's changed her mind, it's too late. He still has the want and need for her, but he can't feel the love for her anymore. She'd killed his love for her already.

    He speaks of her in the third person because she's no longer the person she was to him.

    gjameson July 25, 2008   Link
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    Meat Loaf is a legend.

    quiffpornon February 28, 2005   Link
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    This song is one of his best - It also broke bat out of hell! on saturday night live

    zotonon April 13, 2005   Link
  • +2
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    He's obviously saying that the relationship just doesn't mean the same thing to him as it does to her. Sure he wants and needs her, but it's not love, and it never will be. He even talks of the fact that: "There's only one girl that I will ever love And that was so many years ago And though I know I'll never get her out of my heart She never loved me back" As it once happened to him. Kind of a regretful and sad song, really. About how sometimes it's just not meant to be.

    liftednevermoreon July 15, 2005   Link
  • +2
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    nemelcy, hes saying to his new girl what his old girl said to him. its just like a cycle that will continue on.

    JonUCFon April 17, 2007   Link
  • +1
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    This is may favorite song of all time. Ive used lines from this song when breaking up with girlfriends. I think alot of guys have girls from their past that they fell hard for and then it didnt work out. New girlfriends dont mesure up to the perfect one you lost.

    theziggon April 06, 2006   Link
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    I am this girl to my ex. We dated for two years, and when we broke up he told me that he would never love another girl again, and that from that point on his life would be full of one night stands. I'm sure he'll tell his conquests something to the effect of:

    "I want you I need you But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you"

    It makes me really sad, but I still enjoy this song.

    BethRon March 28, 2009   Link
  • 0
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    i love this song..so sad, so much in the words

    poohbear1on June 24, 2003   Link
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    Ya guys know this song was written because of a bet right? He made a comment where he said "Well you can write a song about anything" and someone said "Well not ANYTHING" and he said "Sure you can" so he said "Okay umm...2 out 3 ain't bad. Bet you can't write a song about that!" Which he did. Which makes the lyrics of this song even more brilliant. The man is brilliant haha.

    Asta!!

    K-Wiseon January 08, 2005   Link
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    This song is great! Especially when ya had a wee drink or two eh Zoton?

    Bat_out_hellon April 18, 2005   Link

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