Best of My Love
Yvonne Elliman Lyrics

Every night
Each and every night, I lie in bed and imagine holding you close in my dreams.

I'm lying in bed,
I am spending my nights in bed, not acquiring the better experience I could be with you.

Holdin' you close in my dreams;
In my sleep, I can only hold you close to me within my dreams.

Thinkin' about all the things that we said
I often ponder our conversations from earlier and wonder what they meant and why everything feels like it's falling apart.

And comin' apart at the seams.
Everything is unraveling before my eyes, and I can't seem to stop it.

We try to talk it over
We attempt to communicate and figure things out.

But the words come out too rough;
Unfortunately, the words we speak are harsh and abrasive and hinder progress rather than helping it.

I know you were tryin'
I am aware that you are doing your best.

To give me the best of your love.
Despite everything going on, I realize that you are still giving me the best version of your love.

Beautiful faces,
The world we live in is full of beauty.

Loud empty places
But so much of it is loud and hollow.

Look at the way that we live,
Take a look at how we spend our time.

Wastin' our time
We are wasting away the precious moments of our existence.

On cheap talk and wine
Talking about meaningless things and drinking instead of cherishing our relationship.

Left us so little to give.
We have given so much to the trivial things that we have nothing to offer our love.

The same old crowd
We have been surrounded by the same unchanging people.

Was like a cold dark cloud
It felt suffocating and oppressive, a perpetual barrier to our relationship.

That we could never rise above,
We could never escape its grip and move forward as a couple.

But here in my heart
However, in my heart, I still value and cherish our love.

I give you the best of my love.
I want you to know that I am still offering the best of myself to our love and relationship.

Oh, sweet darlin',
My beloved,

You get the best of my love,
You are getting every bit of my affection and adoration.

(You get the best of my love.)
There is no one else who deserves the best of what I have to offer as much as you do.

I'm goin' back in time
I am reminiscing about the past.

And it's a sweet dream.
It's a pleasant memory.

It was a quiet night
It was a peaceful evening.

And I would be alright
At that moment I was content.

If I could go on sleeping.
If only that moment, and that contentment, never had to end.

But every morning'
Every morning,

I wake up and worry
I awaken anxious and anxious about the future.

What's gonna happen today.
I am unsure about what today will bring and how it will affect me.

You see it your way,
We have differing perspectives.

And I see it mine,
We both view things from our own vantage point.

But we both see it slippin' away.
We both acknowledge that our relationship is slipping through our fingers, and we are not sure what to do about it.

You know, we always had each other, baby.
Despite everything, we always had a connection and support system.

I guess that wasn't enough.
But even that strong bond wasn't quite enough to keep us going.

Oh, but here in my heart
Nevertheless, here in my heart,

I give you the best of my love.
I still offer every bit of myself to our love and relationship.

Oh, sweet darlin'
Oh, my beloved

You get the best of my love.
You mean everything to me, and I am giving you everything I can offer.

Oh, sweet darlin'
Oh, my beloved

You get the best of my love.
You are the one who deserves every bit of the affection and love that I have to offer.