1980 Warsaw winter
Teenage mother
Two-room apartment
Footsteps running
Down the hallway
Shouting he's frightened
Calling he won't answer
It's no rehearsal
No second chances
It's now or never
A starry eyed romance
It's only striking out alone
It's only losing all you own
It's only life without him
It's only sacrifice
It's only to thyself be true
It's only what she has to do
It's only more than any heart can take
It's only life
Another country
Another language
Nearly thirty winters later
A daughter who barely knew her father
But still he haunts her
Love and her emotions
She has a lover
She really wants him
But she remembers the man who ran away
It's only striking out alone
It's only losing all you own
It's only life without him
It's only sacrifice
It's only to thyself be true
It's only what she has to do
It's only more than any heart can take
She hears the footsteps
Her childhood calling
She knows she loves him
Defences fallin'
She knows he loves her
It's now or never
She'll seize the day
She says she'll stay
It's only in another star
It's only giving up a heart
It's only for a lifetime
It's only sacrifice
It's only to thyself be true
It's only what she has to do
It's only what she knows
Her heart can take
It's only life
(Repeat last verse twice).

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