What Shall I Do? Lyrics - Terence Trent Darby

If you leave my dream 

Will you turn out the light 

So my eyes won't see 

That my fantasy is escaping me for reality 

Shall I tell her 

That she's the spring 

Arriving on wings 

Shall I tell her 

That I hear our hearts 

Our whispering 

And the words I overhear 

As you draw near 

What shall I do? 

If you won't run away with me forever 

What shall I do? 

What shall I do? 

The only thing that time will change 

Is whether 

I can retrieve 

My heart if you leave 

When I kissed your lips 

It's as if I've been hit 

By a melody 

There have been no regrets 

Though I've placed all my bets 

On your memory 

Shall I tell her 

That she's the glow 

That my heaven knows 

Shall I tell her 

That she's the gleam 

That powers my dream 

And by the flame 

That floats between our eyes 

I realize 

What shall I do? 

If you won't run away with me forever 

What shall I do? 

What shall I do? 

The only thing that time will change 

Is whether 

I can be seen 

With you in my dream 

As the sunset fades 

And with moonlight trades 

Tender harmonies 

Shall I tell her 

That I can see 

The woman she'll be 

Shall I tell her 

That I'm now alive 

Instead of surviving 

'Cause if I lay with her 

I stay with her 

What shall I do? 

If you won't run away with me forever 

What shall I do? 

What shall I do? 

The only thing that time will change 

Is whether 

I can retrieve 

My heart if you leave