Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough

Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough is the title of a 1992 rock ballad performed as a duet by the American singers Patty Smyth and Don Henley. Meaning The lyrics refer to a past relationship between two people as narrated by the two singers, and their efforts to move on with their respective lives and make sense of the aftermath: There's a reason why people don't stay where they are / Baby sometimes love just ain't enough. In the final chorus, there is a slight lyrical change to this line ("stay where they are" becomes "stay who they are").

[Verse 1: Patty Smyth] Now, I don't wanna lose you But I don't wanna use you Just to have somebody by my side And I don't wanna hate you I don't wanna take you But I don't wanna be the one to cry [Pre-Chorus: Patty Smyth] And that don't really matter To anyone anymore But like a fool I keep losing my place And I keep seeing you walk through that door [Chorus: Patty Smyth, Don Henley & both] But there's a danger in loving somebody too much And it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust There's a reason why people don't stay where they are Baby, sometimes love just ain't enough [Verse 2: Patty Smyth & Don Henley] Now, I could never change you I don't want to blame you Baby, you don't have to take the fall Yes, I may have hurt you But I did not desert you Maybe I just want to have it all [Pre-Chorus: Patty Smyth, Don Henley & both] It makes a sound like thunder It makes me feel like rain And like a fool who will never see the truth I keep thinking something's gonna change [Chorus: Patty Smyth, Don Henley & both] But there's a danger in loving somebody too much And it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust There's a reason why people don't stay where they are Baby, sometimes love just ain't enough [Bridge: Patty Smyth] And there's no way home When it's late at night and you're all alone Are there things that you wanted to say And do you feel me beside you in your bed There beside you where I used to lay [Chorus: Patty Smyth, Don Henley & both] And there's a danger in loving somebody too much And it's sad when you know it's your heart they can't touch There's a reason why people don't stay who they are Baby, sometimes love just ain't enough Baby, sometimes love It just ain't enough, oh, no, no