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C
Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown.
C7
I set out to get you with a fine-tooth comb.
F C
I was soft inside. There was something going on.
C
You do something to me that I can't explain.
C7
Hold me closer and I feel no pain.
F C F C
Every beat of my heart we got something going on.
Fmaj7
Tender love is blind, it requires a dedication.
Fm
All this love we feel needs no conversation.
C
We can ride it together, uh huh,
C
Making love with each other, uh huh.
G7 C F
Islands in the stream, that is what we are.
Dm7
No one in between; how can we be wrong?
C F
Sail away with me to another world,
C
And we rely on each other, uh huh,
Dm7 C
From one lover to another, uh huh.
C
I can't live without you if the love is gone.
C7
Everything is nothing when you got no one.
F
And you just walk in the night,
C F C
slowly losing sight of the real thing.
C
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt;
C7
Too deep in love and we got no way out,
F
And the message is clear:
C F C
This could be the year for the real thing.
Fmaj7
No more will you cry. Baby, I will let you never.
Fm
We start and end as one, in love forever.
C
We can ride it together, uh huh,
Making love with each other, uh huh.
Repeat chorus x 2
Written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb