"Heaven Knows" lyrics

"Heaven Knows"

Baby please (baby please)
Please don't take your love from me
(Please don't take your love from me)
I am yours for ever more (ever more)
Till eternity

Silence please (so silently)
Listen to the words I say
(Listen to the words I say)
I'm not talking just for play
(Just for play)
Listen to me please
(Won't you listen to me)

Heaven knows
It's not the way it should be
And heaven knows
It's not the way it could be
and don't you know
There's no need to leave
Heaven knows
I never wanna leave you
Heaven knows
I only wanna please you
Don't you know
Love is what I need

Down inside (down inside)
Don't get caught with foolish pride
(Don't get caught with foolish pride)
Blow the other things aside (things aside)
It's only you and me
(You and me, you and)
Believe in us (believe in us)
We were always meant to be
(Always meant to be)
Me for you and you for me (you for me)
Till eternity ('til eternity)

Heaven knows
It's not the way it should be
And heaven knows
It's not the way it could be
And don't you know
There's no need to leave
Heaven knows
I never wanna leave you
Heaven knows
I only wanna please you
Don't you know
Love is what I need

[Instrumental Interlude]

Heaven knows
It's not the way it should be
And heaven knows
It's not the way it could be
And don't you know
There's no need to leave
Heaven knows
I only wanna love you
And heaven knows
I never wanna lose you
Don't you know
Love is meant to be

Heaven knows
It's not the way it should be
And it's not your style
So stop with the pretending
So come on down
And hear me when I cry
Heaven knows
It's not the way it should be
And it's not your style
So stop with the pretending
So come on down
And hear me when I cry


Writer(s): Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder, Jackson Hirsh, Donna Summer, Julian Lamadrid Manon
Bean Esposito of Brooklyn Dreams performed guest vocals on this song. Brooklyn Dreams's version that appears on their 1979 album "Sleepless Nights" features Esposito on the lead vocal whilst Donna Summer provided second lead.
"Heaven Knows" reached number 4 in the USA in March 1979.
Faith Evans recorded a version of "Heaven Knows" for the inclusion on the soundtrack to the film "The Fighting Temptations" (2003).