AGAINST ALL ODDS (TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW)        PHIL COLLINS




HOW CAN I JUST LET YOU WALK AWAY,

JUST LET YOU LEAVE WITHOUT A TRACE ?

WHEN I STAND HER TAKING EV'RY BREATH WITH YOU, OOH,

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO REALLY KNEW ME AT ALL.

HOW CAN YOU JUST WALK AWAY FROM ME.

WHEN I CAN DO IS WATCH YOU LEAVE ?

'CAUSE WE SHARED THE LAUGHTER AND THE PAIN.

AND EVEN SHARED THE TEARS.

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE YOU REALLY KNEW ME AT ALL.

SO TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW,

WELL, THERE'S JUST AN EMPTY SPACE,

AND THERE'S NOTHING LEFT HERE TO REMIND ME,

JUST THE MEM'RY OF YOUR FACE.

WELL, TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW,

WELL, THERE'S JUST AN EMPTY SPACE.

AND YOU COMIN' BACK TO ME IS AGAINST THE ODDS,

AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT TO FACE.

I WISH I COULD JUST MAKE YOU TURN AROUND,

TURN AROUND AND SEE ME CRY.

THERE'S NO MUCH I NEED TO SAY TO YOU.

SO MANY REASONS WHY.

YOUR' THE ONLY ONE YOU REALLY KNEW ME AT ALL.

SO TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW,

WELL, THERE'S JUST AN EMPTY SPACE,

AND THERE'S NOTHING LEFT HERE TO REMIND ME,

JUST THE MEM'RY OF YOUR FACE.

WELL, TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW,

'CAUSE THERE'S JUST AN EMPTY SPACE,

BUT THE WAY FOR YOU IS ALL I CAN DO,

AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT TO FACE.

TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT ME NOW.

'CAUSE I'LL STILL BE STANDING HERE.

AND YOU COMIN' BACK TO ME IS AGAINST ALL ODDS,

IT'S THE CHANCE I'VE GOT TO TAKE, OOH, OOH.

SO TAKE A LOOK AT ME KNOW.