words & music Ed Cobb

Sometimes I feel I’ve got to… Run away
I’ve got to… Get away
From the pain you drive into the heart of me
And the love we share
Seems to go nowhere
I’ve lost my light
For I toss and turn I can’t sleep at night

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I run from you
This tainted love you’ve given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that’s not nearly all
Tainted love (Ooh) Tainted love

Now I know I’ve got to… Run away
I’ve got to… Get away
You don’t really want anymore from me
To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
And you think love is to pray
But I’m sorry I don’t pray that way
Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I run from you
This tainted love you’ve given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that’s not nearly all

Tainted love

Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find
I try to reach for you but you have closed your mind
Whatever happened to our love? I wish I understood
It used to be so nice, it used to be so good<

So when you’re near me, darling can’t you hear me, S.O.S.
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me, S.O.S.
When you’re gone
How can I even try to go on?
When you’re gone
Though I try, how can I carry on?

You seemed so far away, though you were standing near
You made me feel alive but something died, I fear
I really tried to make it up, I wish I understood
What happened to our love, it used to be so good

So when you’re near me, darling can’t you hear me, S.O.S.
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me, S.O.S.