My intentions are good My heart's in the right place now You see I wanna be good to you baby But sometimes I just don't know how And the hand of fate Reaches out once more And pulls me through that gate, ah Like one hundred times before Ooh, there are the nights When things just work out right No one could be as close as you and me Then it all breaks down And we can't find that common ground That's not the way, the way it oughta be babe Oh no Why do we laugh, why do we cry? Why do we feel this pain inside? Only heaven knows, only heaven knows In this game of hit and miss How long can we go on like this? Only heaven knows, only heaven knows But if we threw it all away It's somethin' we'd regret someday Oh-ooh, heaven knows Why do we do these foolish things? Only heaven knows My intentions are good My actions are hard to explain I get misunderstood, sometimes There's nobody but me to blame I've gotta speak my mind And deal with the situation Open the lines, yeah The lines of communication Ooh, there are the nights We really get it right Makin' love, endlessly And then there are the days We go our separate ways It's like there's nothin' left of you and me babe Woah-ooh no, nothin' left of you and me Why do we laugh, why do we cry? Why do we feel this pain inside? Only heaven knows, only heaven knows In this game of hit and miss How long can we go on like this? Only heaven knows, only heaven knows But if we threw it all away It's somethin' we'd regret someday Oh-ooh, heaven knows Why do we laugh, why do we cry? Only heaven knows, only heaven knows Why do we feel this pain inside? Only heaven knows, only heaven knows But if we threw it all away It's somethin' we'd regret someday No woah-ooh woah-ooh oh-ooh Why do we do these foolish things? Only heaven knows Only heaven knows You see I wanna be good to you baby Heaven knows Why do we feel this pain inside? You see I wanna be good to you baby Heaven knows, oh yeah How long, how long, can we go on like this?