Almost Doesn't Count (DJ Premier Mix)

[Intro]

Look, it's all or nothing, baby

Are you in, are you out?

If not, I gotta let you go

Oh-oh

Yeah yeah yeah

[Verse 1]

Almost made you love me, almost made you cry

Almost made you happy, babe, didn't I, didn't I?

You almost had me thinkin', you were turned around

But everybody knows, almost doesn't count

[Verse 2]

Almost heard you sayin', you were finally free

What was always missin' for you, babe, you found it in me

But you can't get to heaven, half off the ground

Everybody knows, almost doesn't count

[Chorus]

I can't keep on lovin' you one foot outside the door

I hear a funny hesitation of a heart that's never really sure

Can't keep on trying if you're lookin' for more

Than all that I could give you, than what you came here for

[Verse 3]

Gonna find me somebody, not afraid to let go

Want a 'no doubt, be there' kind of man, you came real close

But every time you build me up, you only let me down

But everybody knows (everybody knows)

Almost doesn't count (almost doesn't count)

[Bridge]

Hey (oh-oh)

Hey (ooh-ooh ooh, everybody knows)

Hey (Yeah yeah, yeah)

Hey

Can't keep on, baby; can't keep on trying

Everybody knows (everybody knows)

Almost doesn't count (I can't keep on)

[Chorus]

I can't keep on lovin' you one foot outside the door (whoo, I hear a)

I hear a funny hesitation of a heart that's never really sure (ooh, never really sure)

Can't keep on trying if you're lookin' for more (no no, than all that I could give you)

Than all that I could give you, than what you came here for

[Verse 4]

Maybe you'll be sorry, maybe you'll be cold

Maybe you'll come runnin' back, babe, from the cruel, cruel world

Almost convinced me, you're gonna stick around

But everybody knows, almost doesn't count

So maybe you'll be here, maybe I'll see you around

That's the way it goes, almost doesn't count