The People That You Never Get to Love

Rupert Holmes

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Rupert Holmes

Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947) is a British and American composer, singer-songwriter, musician and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for his number one pop hit "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979/1980) and the song "Him", which reached the number 6 position on the Hot 100 U.S. pop chart in 1980. He is also known for his 1985 Tony Award-winning musical Drood (originally The Mystery of Edwin Drood) and his 2007 Drama Desk Award-winning book for the Broadway musical Curtains, and for his television series Remember WENN. more »


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You're browsing through 
A second hand bookstore
And you see him 
In non-fiction 
V through why
She looks up 
From World War Two
And then you catch 
His catching you 
Catching his eye
And you quickly turn away 
Your wishful stare
And take a sudden interest 
In your shoes
If you only had the courage 
But you don't she turns 
And leaves and you both lose

And you think about
The people 
That you never get to love
It's not as if you even 
Have the chance
So many worth 
A second life
But rarely do you get 
A second glance
Until fate cuts 
In on your dance

And you'll see him on a train 
That you've just missed
At a bus stop 
Where your bus will never stop
Or in a passing Buick 
When you've been pulled over 
By a traffic cop
Or you'll share an elevator 
Just you two
And you'll rise 
In solemn silence 
To your floor
Like the fool 
You are you get off
And he leaves your life 
Behind a closing door

And you think about
The people 
That you never get to love
The poem you intended to begin
The saddest words 
That anyone has ever said
Are "Lord what might have been"
But no one said you get to win

Still you're never gonna miss 
What you don't know
And you don't know 
Who you'll meet 
At half past three
It could be a total stranger 
Who looks something 
Just exactly much like me

One of the people 
That you never get to love
One of the people 
That you never get to love
The people 
That you never get to love

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Written by: RUPERT HOLMES

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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