[00:16.56]What if I did not love you?
[00:23.26]Where would that leave me
[00:31.29]Would I wander through the avenues
[00:37.17]Under appall of misery
[00:46.46]Would I be face down in the gutter
[00:52.42]With cheap whiskey on my breath
[01:01.66]The lonely life of a writer
[01:07.69]Whose words could not pay his debts
[01:15.66]Singin' please don't, please don't pass me by
[01:22.85]I am alive, oh can't you see?
[01:26.48]That I've been blinded completely
[01:30.79]Please don't, please don't pass me by
[01:37.41]I am alive, oh can't you see?
[01:40.96]That I am pleading for your mercy
[01:53.82]What if we became strangers?
[01:59.80]Would you notice my face in a crowd?
[02:08.92]And could you hear the sorrow in my voice?
[02:14.31]Helplessly crying your name out loud
[02:23.77]Would I be searching for a savior?
[02:30.13]Burned and burning with regret
[02:38.42]The lonely life of a writer
[02:44.31]Only if one last desperate request
[02:52.46]Singin' please don't, please don't pass me by
[02:59.45]I am alive, oh can't you see?
[03:03.28]That I've been blinded completely
[03:08.31]Please don't, please don't pass me by
[03:13.96]I am alive, oh can't you see?
[03:18.06]That I am pleading for your mercy
[03:23.75]I've been on the lamb
[03:29.12]Being hunted, somethin' fierce
[03:37.69]They say time and time, it waits for no man
[03:43.75]But I was just hopin'
[03:46.21]These storm filled skies would clear
[03:52.43]Please don't, please don't pass me by
[03:59.97]Please don't, please don't pass me by
[04:07.40]Please don't, please don't pass me by
[04:13.38]I am alive, oh can't you see?
[04:17.13]That I am pleading for your mercy