Gem: do I have a warning for this? Um, unless older versions of Irvine and Selphie count.


Baby we can talk all night
But that ain't getting us nowhere
I told you everything I possibly can
There's nothing left inside of here

They had talked all night but it had not gotten either one of them anywhere. He had told her everything he possibly could and he felt empty.

And maybe you can cry all night
But that'll never change the way I feel
The snow is really piling up outside
I wish you wouldn't make me leave here

He knew that she had cried all night for several nights. He felt bad but knew that it would never work out right. The snow was piling up outside and he wished he didn't have to leave. But he did anyway because it felt right.

I poured it on and I poured it out
I tried to show you just how much I care
I'm tired of words and I'm too hoarse to shout
But you've been cold to me so long
I'm crying icicles instead of tears

He tried in every way he could to show her that he cared. He was tired of talking and attempting to break the coldness that had eventually developed. She had been so cold to him so long that he felt like he was crying icicles instead of tears.

And all I can do is keep on telling you
I want you
I need you
But there ain't no way
I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad

He kept telling her that he wanted and needed her but he couldn't love her. Try as he might, he just couldn't. He tried to not make her cry when he told her that he just couldn't love her.

You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach
You'll never drill for oil on a city street
I know you're looking for a ruby
In a mountain of rocks
But there ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding
At the bottom of a Cracker Jack box

He vaguely remembered watching her trying to find gold on the beach when they were children. She had never found it. He knew she was looking for a ruby in the pile of rocks she had purposely exploded. He knew that she wouldn't find what she wanted.

I can't lie
I can't tell you that I'm something I'm not
No matter how I try
I'll never be able to give you something
Something that I just haven't got

He couldn't lie; it made him feel guilty. He couldn't be something he wasn't no matter how hard he tried. He would never be able to give her what she wanted because he didn't have it.

There's only one girl that I will ever love
And that was so many years ago
And though I know I'll never get her out of my heart
She never loved me back, ooh I know
I remember how she left me on a stormy night
She kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her
Not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away

She had been the only girl he would ever truly love and that had been so many years ago now. He knew that he would never be able to get her out of his heart. He also knew that she had never loved him back. She had left him on a stormy night; leaning over him, she kissed him and the got out of their bed. He had begged her not to leave but she packed her bags and left anyway.

And she kept on telling me
She kept on telling me
She kept on telling me
I want you
I need you
But there ain't no way
I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad

She told him that she wanted and needed him but she didn't love him as he loved her. She told him not to be sad; it would all work out in the end.

I want you

I need you

But there ain't no way

I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad

He wanted, no needed, her by his side now. Just to tell her one last time not to be sad.

Now don't be sad
'Cause two out of three ain't bad

She wanted, no needed, him by her side now. Just to tell him one last time not to be sad.

Baby we can talk all night
But that ain't getting us nowhere

They had talked all night but they were still right back where they had started.