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From the album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
by Derek and the Dominoes, 1970.

I am Yours
Music by Clapton, Lyrics by Clapton/Nizami

I am yours,
However distant you may be.
There blows no wind but wafts your scent to me.
There is no bird but sings your praise to me.
With every memory leaves its trace with me.
Lingers forever as a part of me.

Why Does Love Have to Be So Sad
Music Lyrics by Eric Clapton and Bobby Whitlock

Got to find me a way
To take me back to yesterday.
How can I ever hope to forget you?

Won't you show me a place
Where I can hide my lonely face?
I know you're going to break my heart if I let you.

Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?

Like a moth to a flame,
Like a song without a name,
I've never been the same since I met you.

Like a bird on the wing,
I've got a brand new song to sing,
I can't keep from singing about you.

Chorus

I'm beginning to see
What a fool you've made of me.
I might have to break the law when I find you.

Stop running away;
I've got a better game to play,
You know I can't go on living without you.

Chorus

Layla
Words and Music by Eric Clapton

What'll you do when you get lonely
And nobody's waitin' by your side
You've been runnin' and hidin' much too long
You know it's just your foolish pride

Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, I'm beggin' darlin', please
Layla, darlin', won't you ease my worried mind

Tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down
Like a fool, I fell in love with you
You turned my whole world upside down

Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, I'm beggin' darlin', please
Layla, darlin', won't you ease my worried mind

Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain

Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, I'm beggin' darlin', please
Layla, darlin', won't you ease my worried mind

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