It Happens All the Time lyrics

I try to give my love, but I keep holdin' back.

I'm afraid that I won't ever get it back.

It's not like me, I never take my time.

I fall in love with every guy.

I know that we just met, so it's too soon to know.

So why am I afraid to let my feelings show?

I can't believe I've never felt this way,

I fall in love every day.

It happens all the time

though I try to keep on lovin' you.

I can't break through,

I always lose the game.

I've tried in vain to keep on lovin' you.

No matter what I do, it happens all the time.

I wonder where my life is going every day.

I'd like to find some place I know my heart will stay,

to have someone who helps me find my way.

But it sounds like work and I just want to play.

I've become a master of the dating game.

With all these pretty words, I'm treating you the same.

I never know when I will run away.

I settle down, but I never stay.

It happens all the time

though I try to keep on lovin' you.

I can't break through,

I always lose the game.

I've tried in vain to keep on lovin' you.

No matter what I do, it happens all the time.  

It happens all the time

though I try to keep on lovin' you.

I can't break through,

I always lose the game.

I've tried in vain to keep on lovin' you.

No matter what I do, it happens all the time.  

I wonder where my life is going every day.

I'd like to find some place I know my heart will stay,

to have someone who helps me find my way.

But it sounds like work and I just want to play.

I've become a master of the dating game.

With all these pretty words, I'm treating you the same.

I never know when I will run away.

I settle down, but I never stay.

It happens all the time

though I try to keep on lovin' you.

I can't break through,

I always lose the game.

I've tried in vain to keep on lovin' you.

No matter what I do, it happens all the time.  

It happens all the time

though I try to keep on lovin' you.

I can't break through,

I always lose the game.

I've tried in vain to keep on lovin' you.

No matter what I do, it happens all the time.  

It happens all the time

though I try to keep on lovin' you.

I can't break through,

I always lose the game.

I've tried in vain to keep on lovin' you.

No matter what I do, it happens all the time.  

• Artist:Nancy Martinez
• Album:Not Just the Girl Next Door (1986)