It's Getting Harder All the Time

Can I share this with you? Baby, you know imagination is really funny Sometimes it's very hard to do, it's impossible For many nights and days I, I've tried to imagine What it would be like to love you I've even tried to imagine What you would look like, being loved And I, I, I can't do it I'm trying to do what a gentleman would do Trying to be patient and tolerant All the things that a man is supposed to be But, I just wanted you to know very honestly that I'm very anxious to be with you It's getting harder all the time Just to keep myself from wanting you Harder every day, for me to stay away Knowing, girl without your loving I ain't worth one dime It's getting harder, harder all the time All the time It's getting hard every night Just to keep my hands from touching you Oh darling, once I do And I hear you sigh I might as well kiss my poor heart goodbye And start to cry It's getting harder, harder all the time All the time There's no fighting what I feel Oh, God knows, I've tried Tried to hold back my love from you It's like trying to hold back the tide It's getting harder, harder, harder all the time I can't stop needing you Oh, harder every day, for me to find a way To keep myself from the tenderness Of your lips touching mine It's getting harder, harder all the time All the time I ain't worth a dime It's getting harder, harder all the time Harder, harder all the time I need your lips close to mine